Life of St. Augustine : in Latin

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Life of St. Augustine : in Latin

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This pictorial life of St. Augustine originally comprised 132 "chapters," each an illustration with a brief explanatory paragraph, although chapters 1-4 and 22-25 are now lacking (the two outermost bifolia of the first quire). The manuscript has been edited and reproduced in facsimile, it's possible sources studied in detail (see Courcelle), although the authors of the edition can only speculate as to any direct sources of the text and illustrations. This is one of the most thoroughly illustrated Vitae Augustini known, and as such preserves many unique scenes, all of which are examined in the edition.
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1470 - 1485
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Boston Public Library
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