This manuscript consists of Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. 1160)'s
Gloss on the Pauline Epistles or Magna glossatura . Peter Lombard
developed the text in Paris in the second quarter of the 12th
century during his teaching activities. It became one of the
required readings of the faculty of Theology. This manuscript shows
the most widespread layout of Peter Lombard's gloss. It has the
biblical text written in a large Gothic book script and the gloss
written in a smaller Gothic script on the same page, in two or
three columns and in alternate lines. The format of the manuscript,
and the quality of the parchment and decoration, suggest that this
manuscript was intended for a wealthy abbot or bishop or a well-off
scholar (see Frońska, Royal Manuscripts (2005)). Contents: ff.
1r-202r: Pauline Epistles with Peter Lombard's Magna glossatura in
epistolas Pauli (Gloss on the Pauline Epistles). Decoration: The
large foliate initial inhabited 'P' with small lions (f. 1r) at the
beginning of the Prologue has some 'Channel Style' features. The
script and the decoration suggest a French production. According to
Avril, 'Un manuscrit d'auteurs classiques' (1975), pp. 268-69, the
decoration might be connected with the second artist of a
manuscript containing classical works (Paris, BnF, MS lat. 7936)
produced in Paris. Although there are common features between the
initials of both manuscripts, 'their historiated initials cannot be
ascribed to the same hand' according to Frońska, Royal Manuscripts
(2011). A Parisian Bible produced around 1200, now Berlin,
Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS theol. lat. fol. 9,
is close to this manuscript in script and decoration (see Ayres,
'Parisian Bibles' (1982), 5-13). Fourteen historiated initials of
Paul, in colours and gold, at the beginning of each Epistle, and
smaller foliate initials, some with dragons or lions, in colours
and gold, at the beginning of the commentary to each Epistle (ff.
1v, 51v, 84v, 102v, 117r, 129v, 138v, 146r, 152r, 155v, 164v, 170r,
172v). One foliate initial with white lions in colours and gold, at
the beginning of the prologue (f. 1r), and one initial with dragons
in colours and gold, at the beginning of Hebrews (f. 174r).
Initials in blue, with pen-flourishing in red, and in red with
pen-flourishing in blue.Lemmas underlined in red.Catchwords and
quire signatures, with a separate numeration beginning at the end
of quire 16 containing Ephesians (ff. 117r- 124v).
Place
Preferred form
Paris (France)
Original form
Paris, France
Other form
Paris
Paris (France)
France (Paris)
Paris ( ?) : cf. Hans-Collas ― Schandel, p. 326
Paris ( ?).
France, Paris (?)
Lieu de copie : Paris
France, Paris ( ?)
France (Paris ?)
France, Paris
France (Paris )
Paris (?)
France : Paris?
Chaillot
France (Paris).
Paris,
Paris ( ?)
Paris (?) (Hervieux éd. 1970, t. III, p. 176).
Paris (?) : le ms. a été vraisemblablement copié sur le ms. BnF, Latin 347 C exécuté à Paris
