Pithou, Pierre (1539-1596)
The manuscript contains the second part of the Chronicle of Eusebius in the Latin translation and continuation of Jerome. The tables, generally laid out as double pages, are in the majority of cases condensed onto a single page. The book decoration is a superb example of pre-Carolingian manuscript illustration from the Frankish Empire and Northern Italy. From the detailed information on the title page, one can deduce that the text was written in 699; the Bernese Chronicle of Eusebius therefore is Switzerland's oldest dated manuscript.
Online Since: 09/23/2014
- Pithou, Pierre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Daniel, Pierre (Former possessor) | Eusebius, Caesariensis (Author) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) | Pithou, Pierre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
This Merovingian composite manuscript, which was created in Bourges, originally consisted of six independent parts, which were written by different, often not very practiced hands in various phases. Most of the close to thirty individual pieces are texts from grammatical, patristic, computistic and medical works. The longer pieces are interspersed with further excerpts, partly written in Tironian notes. One quaternio from the only partially preserved third part is today held in Paris (BN lat. 10756). Noteworthy is the palimpsest in the fifth part, whose undertexts were probably written in Italy in the 7th century and in the second half of the 5th century respectively.
Online Since: 03/17/2016
- Pithou, Pierre (Former possessor) Found in: Standard description
- Alcuinus, Flaccus (Author) | Asper (Author) | Bongars, Jacques (Former possessor) | Daniel, Pierre (Former possessor) | Dionysius, Exiguus (Author) | Galenus (Author) | Gargilius Martialis, Quintus (Author) | Gravisset, Jakob von (Former possessor) | Gregorius I, Papa (Author) | Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius (Author) | Isidorus, Hispalensis (Author) | Lindt, Johann (Restorer) | Methodius, Olympius (Author) | Oribasius (Author) | Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus (Author) | Pithou, Pierre (Former possessor) | Pomerius, Iulianus (Author) | Taio, Caesaraugustanus (Author) Found in: Standard description