Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 203: Nicholas of Lyre OFM, Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 203: Nicholas of Lyre OFM, Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum

Alternate Title:

N. de Lyra super Novum Testamentum

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 1 + 331

Dimensions:

370 Height (mm) and 250 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1400 - 1499]

Table of contents:

Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum

Description:

MS 203 contains Postilla litteralis in nouum testamentum by Nicholas of Lyre OFM (1270-1340). His biblical commentaries, which also included the Old Testament, were very popular in the later centuries of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. A large number of manuscript and early printed copies survive. The manuscript dates to the first quarter of the fifteenth century and was donated by Thomas Fawscet.