Contributor
Stephen Mack
Description
Good condition, the vellum is very smooth.; Very small decorated initial.; Lettre de Somme; This type of script was particularly used among scholastics at the time. It was likely used for academic purposes. The writing is too small to be read in church, but the page is too large to be carried around.; Black, red, blue, brown, and gold inks
Description Recto
Text from Jerome's Letter 51, "Epiphanii ad Joannem Jerosolymitanum," written c.394; Flesh Side
Description Verso
Text from Jerome's Letter 51, "Epiphanii ad Joannem Jerosolymitanum," written c.394; Hair Side
Provenance
Purchased from Otto F. Ege
Format Medium
Vellum
Format Extent
38.5 cm x 28 cm
Files
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Relation Is Part Of
Otto F. Ege's "50 Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts"
Date Digitized
March 2007
Coverage-Spatial
France
Coverage-Temporal
Mid 1400s
Recommended Citation
St. Jerome, "Writings of St. Jerome: Number 35" (2014). Medieval Manuscripts. 21.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/mdvlmanuscripts/21
Rights Statement
