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Beda, Sermones

lib. 2, hom. 17

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Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, BGE Cxa 1443 (1) BGE Bb 1099 (1)

William Duba, Fragmentarium, 2023 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

From observations by Pieter Beullens. Produced at the Digital Explorations Project, University of Leeds, and at the Università di Macerata, May 2023

General Information

Title Beda, Sermones
Material Parchment
Date of Origin Late ninth or early tenth century
Script, Hands

Caroline Minuscule
General Remarks

On Twitter, at least, Pieter Beullens, Ed van der Vlist, and Pierre Chambert-Protat all concurred on the ninth-century dating. Leonardo Costantini, inspired by a contrarian spirit, prefers an early tenth-century dating.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 335 mm
Page Width at least 225 mm
Height of Written Area 265 mm
Width of Written Area 220 – 240 mm
Number of Columns 2
Number of Lines 30
Line Height 9 mm
Collation

The two leaves form the bifolium, of which the inner side is visible, and which was the second-innermost of the gathering.
More about the Condition

Measurements are via digital photogrammetry using the width of the Bibliothèque de Génève stamp, and a reference from e-codices. Line height is 8.9 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 1 bifolium
Dimensions 335 x 225 mm
More about the Current Condition

On the front cover fragment, the last six lines of the leaf are covered by the title.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Beda
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Homeliarium evangelii libri II, lib. 2, hom. 17, lin. 28
    • Content Description

      front cover a: ita ut cum propheta possimus dicere (l. 49) - front cover b: post dies decem adsumpta- (l. 88)

      back cover b: usque ad occasum laudabile... (l. 253) - back cover b: ...in aeternum gau<debit> (l. 280)

Host Volume

Title Joannis Calvini Prælectiones in duodecim Prophetas (quos vocant) minores, ad serenissimum Suetiæ et Gothiæ regem, reconditam harum commentationum doctrinam facile commonstrabunt indices in calce operis adiecti
Date of Origin/Publication 1559
Place of Origin/Publication Genevae : apud Joannem Crispinum
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