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PETER COMESTOR
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/L24
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This record is a file about the PETER COMESTOR dating from Early 14th century.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sion L40.2/L24
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Title (The name of the record)
- PETER COMESTOR
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Date (When the record was created)
- Early 14th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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A fragment of the Historia Scholastica, composed in Paris around 1170 by Peter Comestor, or Petrus Comestor (died c.1178). The Historia is a sacred history from the Creation to the Acts of the Apostles, drawing mainly on the books of the Bible. This copy was probably written in France. ff. 1r-52r. The fragment begins in Maccabees at 'matri et iiiior fratribus' (J.P. Migne, Patrologia Latina cxcviii. 1518 c) and lacks sections 43-59 and parts of sections 42 and 60 of Acts, owing to the loss of four leaves after f. 40. Acts ends on f. 50v and is followed by: 'De locis in quibus passi sunt apostoli. Petrus et paulus rome sepulti sunt ... esse conciues. Amen' (ff. 50v-52). f. 52v (originally blank). Additions in current cursiva include lines 2361-404 of the Doctrinale puerorum of Alexander of Villedieu, also known as Alexander de Villa Dei (c.1175-1240), headed 'De figuris secundum alexandrum'. The pagination (see Physical Description) suggests that at some time before 1722 a single volume of the Historia was divided into Old Testament and New Testament parts.
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A digital copy is available via the online image management system: http://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/s/sxn461
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- Latin
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 52 ff.
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- An erased name (16th century?) is on f. 52r and 'Johnson' on f. 1r. Given to Sion College in 1722 by Samuel Moody [d. 1751], Rector of Doddinghurst, Essex, according to a label inside the cover in the hand of William Reading, then Librarian of Sion College. For another manuscript given by him see Sion L40.2/L39. Sion College shelfmark A45 at f. 1r. Recorded with this shelfmark and the title 'Historia sacra' in Sion L40.2/E96. Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Quarter leather binding, with boards covered in marbled paper, 371 x 230 mm. !8th century. Vellum leaves (and unnumbered paper flyleaves). 360 x 210 mm. Written space 283 x 145 mm. 2 cols. of 48 and (from f. 28) 56 lines. ff. 1-52 are paginated in a hand of 17th or early 18th century from 297 to 375 and from 385 to 407. Collation: 1-3(12); 4(12) wants 5-8 after f. 40; 5(8). Initials: (i) ff. 2v, 34r, 50v, gold on pink and blue grounds, patterned in white; (ii) 2-line, blue with red ornament or red with either blue or green ornament.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b318d110-3bd4-4f79-a4a4-63c56cc3cd83/
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Within the fonds: Sion L40.2
SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
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SION COLLEGE: LATIN MANUSCRIPTS
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PETER COMESTOR