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Biographies of Anselm and Malachias. France c. 1200.
GkS 182 2º. Parchment, 48 ff.

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Fol. 1r: Preface and the beginning
of the first book of the biography
of Anselm. The scribe is seen in
the initial Q and the protracted
bishop is Anselm himself		 Fol. 30v: The end of Anselm’s
biography and the preface
of Malachias’.
(Notice the stitches in the top
left corner of the parchment)		 Fol. 31r: The beginning of
the biography of Malachias


This manuscript contains Eadmer’s Latin biography of Anselm (1033-1109), Archbishop of Canterbury in England, and Bernhard of Clairvaux’ biography of Malachias (1094-1148), Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland. On the first page of the manuscript the scribe is seen working in the initial Q and between the two columns a protracted bishop is placed on top of a downtrodden monk.

33 x 22.3 cm.

See the entire manuscript on the website of the Manuscript and Rare Books Department Vita Anselmi. Vita Malachiae. Sermo.

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