[Aurora]
Description
Leaves are missing after ff. 24 and 34, with gaps in the text; ends imperfectly. Written in protogothic minuscule. On long-term deposit from Ripon Cathedral. A letter (1954) about the manuscript from Dr Godfrey Davis, British Museum, is kept with it. Principal contents: ff. 1r-8v three partial tracts by Hugh of St. Victor, namely De amore sponsi ad sponsam (ff. 1r-v); De verbo incarnato collationes sau disputationes tres (ff. 1v-2r); and Eruditionis didascalicae libri 7 (ff. 2r-8v); ff. 9r-100v Petrus Riga's Aurora, a verse commentary on the Bible. See for a fuller description: N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. 4 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983) p. 210.
Metadata
| Identifier | sbg88fvk |
| IRN | 372719 |
| Class Mark | Ripon Cathedral MS 5 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/sbg88fvk |
| Collection(s) | Ripon Cathedral, Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Print |
| Parent Record | Ripon Cathedral Medieval Manuscripts |
| Creator(s) | Petrus Riga, Hugh of Saint-Victor |
| Date | [ca. 1140-1160; 1180-1220] |
| Size and Medium | 1 v. (ii, 100, i leaves) (1 column, ff. 1r-8v: ca. 36 lines; ff. 9r-100v: ca. 42 lines) |