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Lactantius, Divinae institutiones

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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode, Archief, Sectie IV, hs. 44

Godfried Croenen, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Lactantius, <i>Divinae institutiones</i>
Shelfmarks Averbode, Archief, Sectie IV, hs. 44
Page/Folio Reference pastedowns (lifted)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Fulda
Date of Origin second quarter 9th century
Script, Hands

Carolina (one hand) for the text, capitalis as display script for the rubrics

Original Condition

Page Height 285 mm
Page Width at least 180 mm
Height of Written Area 219 mm
Width of Written Area at least 155 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 70 mm
Number of Lines 33
Ruling Blindpoint ruling
Collation

The upper pastedown was the inner doubleleaf of a quire, and the lower pastedown the next doubleleaf.

More about the Condition

Bischoff (1998) identifies a fragment now in Florence (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Ashburnam 1899) as coming from the same original manuscript.

Current Condition

Extent 2 doubleleaves (part)
More about the Current Condition

Part of a doubleleaf used as the lower pastedown (now loose) and another smaller fragment, the remains of the upper pastedown (also loose). The writing has left an imprint on the leather and wood of the inside cover, including for parts of the pastedown that is no longer present. The lower pastedown consists of a trimmed doubleleaf that has been separated from the lower board, which also carries an imprint of the writing. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Lactantius
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Divinae institutiones</i>
    • Content Description

      Liber IV, cap. XXIX-XXX, Liber V, cap. I and cap. III

    • lower pastedown verso
    • Edition Patrologia latina, vol. 76, col. 540-543, 546-554, 556-557

Host Volume

Title Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum, part 1
Date of Origin/Publication last quarter 11th century
Place of Origin/Publication Stavelot Abbey

Bibliography

  • Cappuyns, M., ‘Fragments-tests de Fauste de Riez et de Lactance dans un manuscrit d’Averbode (Cod. 44 E XIV)’, Revue bénédictine, 74 (1964), 36–43
     https://doi.org/10.1484/J.RB.4.00513
  • Bischoff, Bernhard, and Birgit Ebersperger, Katalog der festländischen Handschriften des neunten Jahrhunderts (mit Ausnahme der wisigotischen), vol. I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998), p. 40, no. 172
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