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New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 526

Description: 6 leaves - Purchased in 1972 from S. Harrison Thomson on the Beinecke Endowment Fund.
Notes: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite A 5th-6th century Christian philosopher who wrote under the name of a convert of St. Paul, On the Celestial Hierarchy original: "De caelesti hierarchia", translated into English translated from the original Latin translation by Robert Grosseteste (died 1253), with his commentary.
Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0
Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS526_47
Language: English original: Latin Country: France Century: 14th
View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms526.htm

Part 1:

Script: Written in Northern Gothic Book Hand original: "Gothica Textualis Libraria" in two sizes. The large script used for the text itself is written every two lines. The cursive r-abbreviation could point to England, the z standing on the line and the occasional use of j instead of i reminds us of Spain, the "horn" at the head of r is especially typical of German scribes.
Notes: The decoration consists of plain late Romanesque initials in red (2 lines).
Number of Texts: 1

Text 1:

Other Associate: Grosseteste, Robert 1175?-1253.
Author: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Title: On the Celestial Hierarchy original: "De caelesti hierarchia".
Subjects: Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite.; Franciscans—Manuscripts.; Astronomy, Medieval.; Literature, Medieval—Translations.; Manuscripts, Medieval—Connecticut—New Haven.; Explanatory notes Scholia: marginal or interlinear grammatical or explanatory notes.;
Language(s): English original: Latin