Verba Seniorum ( Beinecke MS 482.78)

Verba Seniorum (Beinecke MS 482.78), Latin [c. 1200-1250]. Manuscripts, Medieval, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library. Vitae patrum. Saints--Lives and legends. Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--13th century. Decoration: 2- and 3-line initials are in red with red and blue penwork; 1-line initials are in brown uncials; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and colon; accents and hyphenation in the same ink as the text. Script: written in rounded early gothic script (littera textualis). The fragment was used as the wrapper of a copy of the Liber de divitiis ascribed to Pope Sixtus III. Manuscript fragment on parchment of the Verba Seniorum, which comprises chapters 5-7 of the Vitae Patrum, a collection of Saint's Lives. ff. 1 : parchment ; 315 x 230 mm.