Vellum Bifolium from Augustine’s “Homilies on John”
November 27, 2018 in International Congress on Medieval Studies, Manuscript Studies, Uncategorized
Recycled and Reclaimed
Large-Format Vellum Bifolium
from a Discarded Medieval Copy
of Saint Augustine’s Sermons
on the Gospel of Saint John
In Double Columns of 47 Lines
Measuring at most circa 384 mm high × 523 mm wide
< written area, or text block, circa 274 × 180 mm,
with columns circa 80 mm wide and intercolumn circa 20 mm >
Formerly Reused as the Cover for
An Account Book for A Garden at Ysenburg
For the Parish Church at Büdingen
Now in a Private Collection
[Published on 28 November 2018, with updates, continuing our series of Blogposts on Manuscript Studies, for which see the Contents List]
Augustine Homilies Bifolium Folio IIr detail with title and initial for Sermon XCVI. Private Collection, reproduced by permission. Photograph by Mildred Budny.
