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Royal MS 6 C VI, ff. 6-259
- Record Id:
- 041-003347206
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036144618.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060338632.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 6 C VI, ff. 6-259
- Title:
- Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (books 17-35); Lanfranc's notes on the Moralia in Job
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 6r-258v: Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (books 17-35), beginning: 'Quotiens in Sancti viri historia per novum volumen enodare mysterium typice expositionis aggredimur'. Book 17 (ff. 6r-15r); Book 18 (ff. 15r-33v); Book 19 (ff. 33v-45v); Book 20 (ff. 45v-61r); Book 21 (ff. 61r-68v); Book 22 (ff. 68v-79v); Book 23 (ff. 79v-91r); Book 24 (ff. 91r-101v); Book 25 (ff. 101v-111r); Book 26 (ff. 111r-128r); Book 27 (ff. 128r-142v); Book 28 (ff. 142v-152v); Book 29 (ff. 152v-167v); Book 30 (ff. 167v-185r); Book 31 (ff. 185r-206r); Book 32 (ff. 206r-218v); Book 33 (ff. 218v-236r); Book 34 (ff. 236r-247r); Book 35 (ff. 247r-258v), ending: 'accipit pro me lacrimas reddat. Deo et domino nostro, Iesu Christo, cui cum patre et Spiritu Sancto honor et imperium per aeterna secula seculorum, amen. Moralia Gregorii Papae Urbis Rome, in librum Iob per contemplationem sumpta, expliciunt'.
f. 259r: Lanfranc's notes on the Moralia in Job, beginning: 'Horionas, hyadas, rinocerota', ending: 'ne imperitorum inscitia prefatas dictiones, hoc in opera inconsulte temerare presumat'.
Decoration:
The decoration is related to the Norman tradition (see Kauffman, Romanesque manuscripts (1975)).
Three large historiated initials in colours and silver, at the beginning of each part: Job on the dunghill, his wife bringing him bread on a stick (f. 6r); a night piercing a dragon (f. 79v); a nimbed eagle (f. 142v).
Twelve smaller historiated, zoomorphic, or foliate initials in colours, at the beginning of books (ff. 15r, 33r, 45v, 68v, 91r, 128r, 152v, 167v, 206r, 218v, 236r, 247r), including: the lamb of God (f. 15r); St Michael and the dragon (f. 33v); a bust of Christ (f. 128r); Samson and the lion (f. 152v). Initials in red or blue, some with penwork decoration (e.g., ff. 101v, 185r).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- England and France 700-1200 Project
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-002106171
041-003347206 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 6 C VI : The Book of Job (24-42); Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (books 17-35); Lanfranc's notes on Moralia in Job
Royal MS 6 C VI, ff. 6-259 : Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job (books 17-35); Lanfranc's notes on the Moralia in Job - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[0410]/040-002106171[0002]/041-003347206
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- A part of Royal MS 6 C VI
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1124
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 340 x 250 mm (text space 275 x 180 mm), in two columns
Script: Protogothic.
Scribe: Rochester scribe 11 (see Waller, 'The Library, Scriptorium and Community of Rochester' (1980))
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England, S. E. Rochester
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)