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Liber regula pastorailis curae.

Accession number
MS M.336
Object title
Liber regula pastorailis curae.
Display Date
2nd half of the 9th century.
Created
Corbie, France, 2nd half of the 9th century.
Binding
French 17th-century vellum over paper boards in tan morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
179 leaves (1 column, 19 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 280 x 220 mm
Provenance
Beauvais Cathedral (15th century catalogue, no. 43); Comte le Caron de Troussures; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) through De Tonnay from the Comte Marie Louis le Caron de Troussures in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Corbie, France, at the Abbey of Corbie in the second half of the 9th century.
Decoration: 3 large and 61 small illuminated initials.
Script
minuscule
Language
Latin
Century
Classification