Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 22

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Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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  • Ms. lat. 22
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Date
  • 9th century
  • around 830
Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Commentary by Hrabanus Maurus on the Books of Judith and Esther and the Book of Maccabees
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  • This manuscript, written in the Abbey of Murbach (France, Upper Rhine) about 830, contains the biblical commentaries of Hrabanus Maurus on the Books of Judith and Esther and the Book of Maccabees. The manuscript is valuable for its age as well as for the picture poem inserted into the commentary on the Book of Judith. It depicts Queen Judith, the wife of Ludwig the Pius, sanctified by the hand of God.
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  • e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
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