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Peter of Poitiers' Distinctiones super psalterium and anonymous distinctions : [manuscript]

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Description
ff. 1-65v: [Peter of Poitiers, Distinctiones super psalterium. Here arranged in schematic form, i.e., the scriptural word that is being interpreted is placed to the left of the text, with lines radiating to the different senses; ends defectively]: Rubric: Incipiunt distinctiones super psalterium. Incipit: Facies michi tentorium in introitu thabernaculi quatuor pretiosis coloribus contextum. Thabernaculum quo in nobis deus habitat ... Explicit: velut in Beatitudine recipiamur; unde, Petite a me et accipietis, pul. [catchword:] et apud vobis//. ff. 66-89v: [Anonymous distinctiones in simple form, primarily of figurative meanings, in alphabetical order with space left for additional distinctiones at the end of each alphabetical section]: Incipit: Angeli, potestas superna. In psalmo, Qui facis angelos suos [sic] spiritus ... Explicit: Secretum consilii, unde, De cuius utero egressa est glacies.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
[between 1200 and 1215]
Call number
mssHM 46554
Creator
Peter (approximately 1130-1205)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Inside the front cover, "P:B:" and "Ms. No 216." Belonged to Thomas Mostyn, with his armorial bookplate and signature, the date 1744, and the number 75 on f. ii; many of the Mostyn manuscripts were collected by Sir Thomas Mostyn (1535-1617). Mostyn shelfmark in pencil on inside front cover, "H/4 C." Mostyn sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1902, lot 31. Sotheby's, 11 July 1978, lot 39 to the Huntington Library.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
157 x 220 mm
Associated people
Mostyn, Thomas, (1704-1758,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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