De Consideratione [004]

Title: De Consideratione [004]
LC Subject: Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Popes--Primacy--Early works to 1800 Papacy--History
Item Locator: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 014.
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Treatise Addressed to Pope Eugenius III [004]
Author: Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153
Recipient: Eugene III, Pope, -1153
Description: Manuscript codex. Collation: Quires of 10, the last with 3 blank leaves. Vertical catchwords at end of quire. No signatures or pagination. Leaves lightly numbered in pencil in upper outer corner of recto. 8 sewing stations. Decoration: Initials at beginning of each book. Occasional outer margin vertical penwork designs in black or yellow ink. Leaf 1r: Initial ‘S’ with whitework interlaced vines extending along upper left margin, spaces filled with brown ink wash. Leaf 14r: Yellow initial ‘M’ with interlaced vines in white or with yellow ink wash, background in brown ink. Leaf 32r: Decorative ‘F’, same as previous. Leaf 47r: Decorative ‘S’. Leaf 126r: Decorative ‘L’. Binding: Black morocco leather over boards, impressed with fine diaper pattern and blind-stamped twisted stem border. Gilt title lengthwise on spine: “Mss. S. Bernardi De Consideratione.” Script: Semi-slanting Italic Humanistic hand with long ascenders and descenders and occasional swashes, in brown ink with black or purplish-blue headings. Comments in yellow or black ink, occasional corrections in same hand in black ink.
Provenance: Donation/Purchase; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942. Purchased by Edward Sanford Burgess in 1898 from Frederick W. Morris (1850-1921), rare book expert and bookseller, and purchasing agent for many New York libraries and collectors (Publisher’s Weekly, p. 1471). Bookplate with aster design and motto “inter asteres, inter astra, Edward Sandford Burgess” on front and back inside covers.
Work Type: codices
Date: 1401/1500
Identifier: MS_014_004
Item Locator: MS 014
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Dc Rights Holder: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions: Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Language: Latin
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution: University of Oregon
Layout: Single column, 23 lines per page. Vertical margin rulings done with hardpoint stylus.