Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand (semitextualis)
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 102v
Original Year/Month/Day: 1468
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Colophon
Notes: This page shows the end of the Hexameron of St. Ambrose of Milan (ca. 340-397), bishop of Milan and one of the Doctors of the Church. The Hexameron is a commentary on the biblical account of the six days of Creation. In red ink at the end of the text, the scribe Guglielmo de Cruces wrote a colophon giving himself credit for finishing the book in 1468 and stating that the copy was destined for use in the Carthusian monastery of Montello in Treviso.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1549923
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Treviso, Montello

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1475
Image Dimensions Width: 192 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 4
Creator Name: Ambrose of Milan - Author
Guglielmo de Cruce - Scribe