16, Leaf from Vita sancti Matthaei apostoli

Creator

Preview

Location

Italy

Creation Date

1150

Description

Recto of folded manuscript leaf from Vita sancti Matthaei apostoli, circa 1150-1199.

Bifolium once used as a book cover. Needle or awl prickings on outside, a few small holes inside. Sewing marks on top and bottom of both leaves. Two columns, 46 lines. Caroline minuscule. No rubrication or large initials. Threads are visible at bottom of the leaf where probably stitches were made to "even out" the lower edge.

Modern printed text is f ound in Acta sanctorum Septembris, tomus sextus. Paris and Rome : Bollandists, 1867, pp. 220-224.

Rose-Wright Manuscript Collection no. 8.

Original Format

2 leaves; manuscript on vellum

Original Size

54 cm

Link to Primo Catalog Entry

https://search.library.pdx.edu/permalink/f/1gfb8a9/CP71100792080001451

Link to Medieval Portland Entry

https://medievalportland.org/digital-heritage/life-apostle-matthew-leaf

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34714

Recommended Citation

"16, Leaf from Vita sancti Matthaei apostoli" (1150). Manuscripts and Incunabula in PSU Special Collections. 10.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34714