Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 47

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Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
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  • Cod. 47
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Date
  • 12th century
  • 1143-1178
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  • Latin
Title
  • Omiliae lectionum sancti evangelii Venerabilis Bedae presbiteri numero quinquaginta
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  • This manuscript contains the Venerable Bede's homilies on the Gospels, which are listed in a chapter-index on 2r-vv and 65v-66r. A full-page colour illumination on 1v shows the author writing this work, framed by the attributes of the Evangelists. Rubricated initials, incipits and explicits divide the text, itself prepared in a light- to dark-brown ink; at the beginning, when the name of Mary, the patron-saint of the monastery of Engelberg, appears in the text, it is slightly emphasized through the use of majuscule or rubrication. 3r and 11v contain large multicolour decorative initials. Holes and tears in the parchment have been mended in a particularly artistic manner. On 1r a two-line verse states that the copy was made during the abbacy of Frowin (1143-1178).
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