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The 'Moralia in librum Job' of Gregory the Great, Written in the first half of the 13th century in England

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MS. Fairfax 19
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The 'Moralia in librum Job' of Gregory the Great, in thirty-five books, beg. 'Dudum te frater beatissime', as in Migne, Patr. Lat., tom. lxxv, col. 510, followed (fol. 265) by the same author's forty homilies, the text of which ends abruptly in homily 31: beg. 'Inter sacra missarum', op. cit. lxxvi. 1075. There are contemporary marginalia throughout, and an index of subjects at fol. 297.

Dates

  • Creation: Written in the first half of the 13th century in England

Extent

301 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Fairfax 19

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3899

Custodial History

The monastic press-mark 'B. 25' occurs on fol. 1.

Physical Facet

On parchment, in double columns

Dimensions

8 1/2 × 6 1/10 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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