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Donatus writing his grammar from BL Arundel 43, f. 80v
Full-page miniature of Donatus writing his grammar, his ink-pot held by a monk labelled 'Heinre'(?), with two short poems in hexameters in the upper left and upper right corners: the first poem compares the breaking open of fruits, nuts, wine-jars and bees' cells, which in each case reveals the more valuable contents inside, to the similar discovery of knowledge, once the real meaning is found 'be…
Creator
- Sedulius Scotus
- Sedulius Scottus
Subject
- British Library Arundel Collection
- BL Arundel 43
- f. 80v
- Protogothic
Type of item
- Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- illuminated manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscript
Date
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- 1150 - 1199
- 1150/1199
Creator
- Sedulius Scotus
- Sedulius Scottus
Subject
- British Library Arundel Collection
- BL Arundel 43
- f. 80v
- Protogothic
Type of item
- Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
- illuminated manuscripts
- Illuminated manuscript
Date
- 2nd half of the 12th century
- 1150 - 1199
- 1150/1199
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain. Attribution to the British Library is recommended. For further details please visit: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/reuse.asp
Places
- Γερμάνια
Identifier
- c5483-07
Extent
- 265 x 165 (210 x 125)
Format
- JPEG
Language
- la
Is part of
- http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1624
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1348
Relations
- Expositio super primam edicionem Donati grammatici
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-03-26T11:23:19.077Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2015-05-15T11:17:14.670Z