YALE UNIVERSITY BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 1203
Germany, 1472 November 20,
Rampegolo, Antonio, Aurea biblia.
In Latin.
220 l. : paper ; 210 x 150 mm.
This material is open for research.
Manuscript, on paper, in the hand of a single scribe, of this reference manual for
preachers. The text is preceded by an alphabetical index of over 130 subjects.
Ex libris Premonstratensian abbey of Schussenried; John T. Beer; George Dunn of Woolley
Hall. Purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal on the Asahel Henry Grant Fund, 2014.
Signed and dated by the scribe, Jacobus Burenman of Waldsee, canon of the Premonstratension
abbey of Schussenried, November 20, 1472.
Layout: single columns of 25 lines.
Script: gothic cursive.
Decoration: rubricated. Initials and some embellishments in red.
Binding: contemporarhy blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards; remains of single
clasp.
Antonio Rampegolo, Aurea Biblia. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Yale University.
Subjects:
Rampegolo, Antonio.
Premonstratensians.
Bible -- Commentaries.
Devotional literature -- Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Germany -- 15th century.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.