Friday, December 16, 2011

Paris Evangeliary now Catalogued

New metadata has been added for Paris, BnF Lat. 9453, an 'evangeliary'.  This was a liturgical book, with readings from the Gospels arranged according to the liturgical year.  The manuscript is beautiful not only for its illumination, but also for its wonderful ivory cover.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Manuscript of Jerome's Letters Catalogued

One of the most valuable and comprehensive manuscripts of Jerome's letters, Karlsruhe Aug. Perg. 105, now has a full description and bibliography on the website.  The manuscript was produced at Lorsch, but later came to Reichenau.

Our description was compiled with the help of the excellent resources on the new Bibliotheca Laureshamensis digital, which also provides a digital copy and description for this manuscript.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Three-volume copy of Cassian's Conferences described

Csg 574-576 is a three-volume set from St. Gall containing one of the classic texts of monastic spirituality, John Cassian's Conlationes. Like so many other manuscripts from St. Gall, these volumes were used in the critical edition of the text they contain. Detailed descriptions of all three manuscripts are now available on the project website.