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London. British Library, Harley MS 4804/1

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Harley MS 4804/1
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Language
  • Latin
  • Ancient Greek
Title
  • Prologue on Psalms attributed to St Augustine; Book of Psalms including Gilbert of Poitiers, Commentarius in Psalterium
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Rufin d'Aquilée (034.?-0410?)
    Original form
    • Rufinus of Aquileia, c 345-411
    Other form
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis (034.?-0410?)
    • Rufino Aquileiense
    • RUFINO AQUILEIENSI
    • Rufino Aquileiensi
    • Rufin d'Aquilée (034.?-0410?)
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis
    • Tyrannius Rufinus
    • Rufinus
    • Rufino
    • RUFINUS AQUILEIENSIS
    • Rufinus aquileiensis
    • Rufin d'Aquilée, 034.?-0410? (?)
    • Rufin d'Aquilée 034.?-0410?
    • Rufin d'Aquilée 034.?-0410?
    • Rufí, d'Aquileia, 345-ca. 410
    • Rufino de Aquileya 345-410
    • Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis 345-410
    • Rufinus van Aquileia
    • Rufí d'Aquileia 034.?-0410?
    • Rufino de Aquilea 034.?-0410?
    • Author: Rufinus, Aquileiensis
    • Translator: Rufinus, Aquileiensis
    • Rufinus, Tyrannius
    • Rufin d'Aquilée (034.?-0410?). Traducteur
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis, Tyrannius, 345-410
    • Rufin d'Aquilée
    • Rufinus Torritanus
    • Rufinus presbiter
    • Ruffinus
    • Rufin d'Aquilée (v. 345 - v. 411)
    • Ruffinus, Aquilejensis (ca. 345-ca. 410)
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis, ca 345-410 > , co-autor
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis, ca 345-410 > , trad.
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis - gest. 410 - auteurvertaler
    • Rufinus Aquileiensis - gest. 410 - vertaler
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  • Preferred form
    • Basile de Césarée (saint, 0329?-0379)
    Original form
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    Other form
    • BASILE DE CÉSARÉE
    • BASILIUS Cæsariensis (S.)
    • Basile
    • BASILE DE CÉSARÉE, ou BASILE LE GRAND (s.)
    • Basile de Césarée
    • Basile de Cesarée
    • Basile de Césarée (saint ; 0329?-0379)
    • Basilius Caesariensis (saint ; 0329?-0379)
    • Saint Basile de Césarée
    • Basile, saint
    • BASILIUS (s.)
    • Basilius Caesariensis
    • S. Basilius episcopus Caesariensis
    • Basilius Caesariensis (pseudo)
    • Basilius Caesariensis (saint, 0329?-0379)
    • Basilius Caesariensis (s.)
    • Basilius abbas
    • BASILIUS CAESARIENSIS ep. (s.)
    • Basilius Caesariensis ep.
    • BASILIUS CAESARIENSIS EP.
    • Basile de Césarée, saint, 0329?-0379
    • Basile, saint, évêque de Césarée, ca 329-379
    • Basilius‏ ‎der Große,‏ ‎330-379‏
    • Basilius‏ ‎von Cäsarea,‏ ‎330-379
    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
    • Basili, el Gran, sant, ca. 329-379
    • Basilio, Santo, Obispo de Cesarea
    • Basilius (heilige)
    • Basilius Caesariensis 330-379
    • Author: Basilius, Caesariensis
    • Basil the Great
    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
    • Basil of Caesarea
    • Basil
    • Basilius <Caesariensis> (330-379)
    • Basilius
    • D. Basilius
    • S. Basilius
    • S. Isidorus
    • Pachomius
    • Sanctus Basilius M.
    • Basilius episcopus Caesareae Cappadociae
    • S. Basilius archiepiscopus Caesareae
    • D. Basilius archiepiscopus Caesar. Cappad.
    • Basilius archiepiscopus Caesareae
    • Basilius magnus
    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea (approximately 329-379)
    • Basile de Césarée (329 - 379)
    • Basilio, Santo, Obispo de Cesarea, 329?-379
    • Basilius, Caesariensis, 330-379
    • Basílio Magno, Santo, fl. 330-379 > , co-autor
    • Basilius van Caesarea - ca. 330 - 379 - auteur
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  • Preferred form
    • Gilbert de la Porrée (107.?-1154)
    Original form
    • Gilbert of Poitiers, c 1075-1154, Bishop of Poitiers
    Other form
    • Gislebertus Porretanus
    • GILBERTUS PORRETANUS
    • Gilbertus Porretanus
    • Gilbertus Porretanus (107.?-1154)
    • Gilbert de la Porrée (107.?-1154)
    • Gilberti Porretani
    • Gilbertus Porretanus ep. Pictaviensis
    • Gilbert de la Porrée
    • Gilbert de la Porrée 107.?-1154
    • Gilbert, de La Porrée, bisbe, ca. 1075-1154
    • Gilbert, de La Porrée, Bishop, ca. 1075-1154
    • Gilbert de La Porrée, Obispo
    • Author: Gilbertus, Porretanus
    • Gilbert de la Porree
    • Gilbert, de La Porrée, approximately 1075-1154
    • Gilbertus<Porretanus>
    • Gilbert de La Porrée (approximately 1075-1154)
    • Gilbert de la Porrée (1076-1154)
    • Gilbertus Porretanus, 1142-1154
    • Gilbert de la Porrée - ca. 1080 - 1154 - auteur glossen
    • Gilbert de la Porrée - ca. 1080 - 1154 - auteur
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  • Preferred form
    • Sozomenus Pistoriensis (1387-1458)
    Original form
    • Da Pistòia, Zomino, 1387-1458
    Other form
    • Sozomène, chanoine de Pistoie
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Description
  • The manuscript is the first volume of two separate volumes with continuous foliation: Harley MS 4804/1 (ff. 1-167v), and Harley MS 4804/2 (ff. 168-336v). The first volume is a book of Psalms containing the commentary on the Psalms written by Gilbert of Poitiers (b. after 1085, d. 1154), copied in Chartres during the first half of the 12th century. It includes a Greek text of the Psalms added in the lower margin (ff. 4r-26r) by the Italian humanist Sozomenus Pistoriensis or Zomino of Pistoia (b. 1387, d. 1458). The second volume was copied in the first half of the 14th century in Italy and contains Papias (fl. 1050)'s Vocabulista (Vocabulistics). Contents: f. 3r: Basil of Caesarea (b. c. 330, d. 379), translated by Rufinus of Aquileia (b. c. 345, d. 411) [here attributed to St Augustine (b. 354, d. 430)], De laude psalmorum prologus (The Prologue on the Praise of the Psalms), entitled: 'Prologus Beati Augustini super psalterium'; beginning 'Omnis scriptura divinitus inspirata utilis est ad docendum hac ipsa de causa a spirituo sancto conscripta', added in a 14th-century hand. ff. 3v-160v: The Psalms including, Gilbert of Poitiers (b. c. 1075, d. 1154), Commentarius in Psalterium (Commentary on the Psalter), beginning with Gilbert of Poitiers' commentary: 'Christus integer, caput cum membris, est materia huius libri'; beginning of the book of Psalms (f. 4r): 'Incipit liber Hymnorum vel soliloquiorum prophete de Chisto. Beatus vir qui non abiit', with the commentary: 'Beatus vir huic Psalmo non est ausus Hesdras apponere titulum'. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 4r-26r: Greek text added in margins by Zomino da Pistoia. ff. 163r-165r: Added beginning of Psalms and prayers, written by Zomino da Pistoia.Decoration:The historiated and decorated initials are in the style of Chartres whereas the small initials with foliate decoration are in a style used in Paris in the same period, according to Stirnemann, 'Où ont été fabriqués les livres de la glose ordinaire' (1994).Historiated initial in colours with David playing the harp at the beginning of the Psalms, followed by display script in red and blue (f. 4r). Large initial in colours with foliate decoration at the beginning of Psalm 51 (f. 54r). Initials in red or blue with simple penwork decoration in the other colour. Coloured initials in red. Ornate paraphs in the margin in brown ink (e. g., ff. 135v, 136r; possibly added).
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