Colladon, Germain (1510-1594)
‘Venerable' is the term that comes to mind for describing this manuscript. In fact, it can be considered ‘venerable' due to its age since it is dated circa 825. Furthermore, the author of the main texts copied herein is Beda Venerabilis or the Venerable Bede (672/674, † 735), who was a monk at Jarrow Abbey in England. Copied in the Benedictine Abbey of Massay (France, Cher, near Bourges), the manuscript contains several of the Venerable Bede's scientific works such as the Easter cycle, also known as Bede's cycle, the De natura rerum, the De temporibus and the De temporum ratione. Various other texts were also inserted: the Annales Petaviani and the annals of the Abbey of Massay, calendar, fragments on the computus, letters.
Online Since: 06/23/2014
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Alcuinus, Flaccus (Author) | Beda, Venerabilis (Author) | Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Gennadius, Massiliensis (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Hilarius, Papa (Author) | Isidorus, Hispalensis (Author) | Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius (Author) | Victorius, Aquitanus (Author) Found in: Standard description
This manuscript, produced in a Parisian workshop during the mid-13th century, contains books I through XVIII of the Digestum vetus by Justinian, in a textual variant different from that found in the version of the Digest most common at that time. An illustration in the form of a vertical band depicts the Emperor Justinian, standing among the five most important jurists of the early 3rd century, who are frequently quoted in the Digest.
Online Since: 04/15/2010
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
One of the ancient authors best known in the Middle Ages doubtlessly was Cicero. Some of his speeches - the Orationes - were rediscovered by humanists, as is attested by this copy. The manuscript contains 27 of Cicero's speeches, written in a round Italian humanistic script. It begins with a miniature depicting a group of speakers in a discussion (f. 1r), painted by Péronet Lamy, an illuminator who is documented from 1432 until 1453 and who worked primarily for Amadeus VIII, the Duke of Savoy. It is likely that Péronet Lamy carried out this decoration when he was at the Council of Basel as part of the Duke's entourage. Also present there was Martin le Franc (1408-1461), ducal secretary and author of the Champion des Dames and the Estrif de fortune et de vertu; according to a scraped entry (f. 290r), he came into possession of this manuscript. Thereafter it belonged to Germain Colladon (back pastedown), a fellow student of John Calvin, who fled to Geneva in 1550. Around 1615, one of his daughters-in-law sold the manuscript, together with Ms. lat. 53, to the Bibliothèque de Genève.
Online Since: 03/22/2018
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius (Author) | Colladon, Germain (Former possessor) | Lamy, Péronet (Illuminator) | Martin, Lefranc (Scribe) | Martin, Lefranc (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description