Medieval Manuscript Leaves
Description
Denison University Archives & Special Collections holds 72 medieval manuscript leaves that date between **** and ****. Medieval is defined by the time period of ****-****. Manuscript is defined by the object being handwritten rather than printed. A leaf is defined as being a single page out of a book, also sometimes called a folio.
E0100 Leaf from an Italian Pocket Bible
The Bible from which this loose leaf has been taken was created nearly 750 years ago. The vellum is especially thin and the script is exceptionally small (probably written with a raven's feather), making it a remarkable scribal accomplishment.…
E0101 Leaf from an Italian copy of Thomas Aquinas' Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Denison already owns a leaf from this same source manuscript (Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts,item 40). Other loose leaves are owned by the University of Minnesota, Fordham University, Smith College, Oberlin College, the Rhode Island School of…
E0102 Leaf from a Florentine Psalter and Hymnal
Denison already owns a leaf from this same source manuscript (Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolio box, item 32). Other leaves from the same source manuscript are owned by the University of Texas at Austin, the Franciscan University of…