Leaf from a Glossed Gospel of Luke, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [probably Italy, second half of twelfth century (probably after c. 1180)]Single leaf, with single column of 17 lines of text (Luke 10:10-16) in an excellent early Gothic bookhand with biting curves, one simple red initial, extensive gloss in smaller versions of same in columns in both margins, recovered from a binding and hence with scuffs, stains, wormholes and folded-in edges, overall fair condition, 240 by 140mm.The hand here has features that indicate a date in the last two decades of the twelfth century, while the form of the gloss (in parallel columns either side of the main text) suggests a date before c. 1160. However, our knowledge of the dates relevant to the form of the gloss come from studies of Parisian books, and it appears that older practises may have continued later in the twelfth century in Italy (see L. Smith, The Glossa ordinaria: The Making of a Medieval Bible, 2009, p. 154; and Les Enlumineres, TM 763, and references there to the Italian glossed books at Harvard, Houghton Library in L. Light, The Bible in the Twelfth Century, 1988, nos. 31, 33, 34).
Leaf from a Glossed Gospel of Luke, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [probably Italy, second half of twelfth century (probably after c. 1180)]Single leaf, with single column of 17 lines of text (Luke 10:10-16) in an excellent early Gothic bookhand with biting curves, one simple red initial, extensive gloss in smaller versions of same in columns in both margins, recovered from a binding and hence with scuffs, stains, wormholes and folded-in edges, overall fair condition, 240 by 140mm.The hand here has features that indicate a date in the last two decades of the twelfth century, while the form of the gloss (in parallel columns either side of the main text) suggests a date before c. 1160. However, our knowledge of the dates relevant to the form of the gloss come from studies of Parisian books, and it appears that older practises may have continued later in the twelfth century in Italy (see L. Smith, The Glossa ordinaria: The Making of a Medieval Bible, 2009, p. 154; and Les Enlumineres, TM 763, and references there to the Italian glossed books at Harvard, Houghton Library in L. Light, The Bible in the Twelfth Century, 1988, nos. 31, 33, 34).
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