| Location: | Genève |
| Library / Collection: | Bibliothèque de Genève |
| Shelfmark: | Ms. lat. 22 |
| Manuscript title: | Commentary by Hrabanus Maurus on the Books of Judith and Esther and the Book of Maccabees |
| Caption: | Parchment · (I-III) + 175 + (IV-VI) ff. · 28.0 x 21.0 cm · Atelier of Reims, (France, Marne) · about 830 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Manuscript summary: | This manuscript, written in an atelier in Reims in about 830, contains the biblical commentaries of Hrabanus Maurus on the Books of Judith and Esther and the Book of Maccabees. The manuscript is valuable for its age as well as for the picture poem inserted into the commentary on the Book of Judith. It depicts Queen Judith, the wife of Ludwig the Pius, sanctified by the hand of God. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-bge-lat0022 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0022 |
| How to quote: | Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 22: Commentary by Hrabanus Maurus on the Books of Judith and Esther and the Book of Maccabees (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bge/lat0022) |
| Online since: | 03/22/2012 |
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