12022-10-20T22:18:20-07:00Elizabeth Palomino97f5cc41f822c98012020ee3f1612be0c7950d52406361plain2022-10-20T22:18:20-07:00Elizabeth Palomino97f5cc41f822c98012020ee3f1612be0c7950d52Scraps of discarded manuscripts that are reused to bind and cover other manuscripts.
Binding Country: France? Language: Latin Assigned Date: s. XI Searchable Date Range: 1050 - 1099 Script:Caroline minuscule Number of texts: 1 Description:
Parchment - 325 x 213 mm - 2 columns of at around 35-38 lines; ruled in drypoint
Religious text
Binding: Contemporary, possibly original. Parchment case binding made from a reused bifolium with leather, alum-tawed split laced sewing supports. Some of the sewing supports are broken and missing.
The upper margin of the bifolium (now the fore-edge turn-in of the front cover) is trimmed with no loss of text, the edges of the cover are large enough to allow for turn-ins.
Contains text from Isidore of Seville’s Sententiae, Book 10.11 "De angelis" and a sermon titled "De misericordia" attributed to John Chrysostom, also known by its opening words: "Tria sunt quae in misericordiae opera."
