COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms185_bk
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 185
Title:
Cutting from Etymologiae
Alternative Title:
MS 185
Incipit:
ut dixi non
Author:
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636
Origin Date:
between 1275 and 1325
Origin Location:
France?
Description:
Small cutting with the remnant of Isidore of Seville's Etymologies, beginning at Liber 2, section 21, on the figures of words and expressions (De figuris verborum et setentiarum). The Etymologies (also called the Origins) is divided into 20 books concerning a subject-area.
Extent:
1 fragment
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject:
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636. Etymologiae
Subject:
Manuscript waste (Binding)
Subject:
Isidore, of Seville, Saint, -636. Etymologiae
Language:
lat
Language:
grc
Dimensions:
145 x 50 mm
Material:
parchment
Binding:
Edges browning and cracked where the cutting was folded. Small scuffs and stains. Text trimmed away on upper, outer and lower edges.
Decoration Description:
1 column with the remains of 26 lines ruled in dark red ink. 2-line initial in red with faded blue pen flourishes extending into the margin. Ink flaking from recto. Remnant of a single red rubric on recto.
Description of Hands:
Written in Protogothic script.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 185, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2019
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jp2
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.