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<mods:title>Aurora</mods:title>
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<mods:title>Librum aurore</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Peter Riga</mods:namePart>
<mods:namePart type="date">approximately 1140-1209</mods:namePart>
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<mods:placeTerm>[France]</mods:placeTerm>
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<mods:dateCreated qualifier="approximate">between 1191-1210</mods:dateCreated>
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<mods:abstract>Includes:Hessus, Helius Eobanus, 1488-1540. De fructu lectionis Psalmorum. Versus Hildeberti ad beatam Mariam</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">1. folio 1r: Aurora / Peter Riga [excerpt; section on "De avibus" from the book "Liber Leviticus": "[rubric] De avibus in Levitico. [incipit] Monst[ra]tur p[er] aves hominu[m] terrena potestas ... [explicit] [et] cum pennatis nu[n]c mea penna volet."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">2. folio 1v: blank, ruled</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">3. folio 2r: De fructu lectionis psalmorum / Helius Eobanus Hessus [excerpt], added later in a modern hand; originally blank, ruled: "[incipit] Quisquis habes variis obnoxia pectora curis ... [explicit] Aspice ab hoc dives copia fonte fluet."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">4. folio 2v: blank, ruled</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">5. folios 3r-232r: Aurora / Peter Riga</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">5.1. folios 3r-4v: Preface [A Teacher’s Preface]: "[rubric] Petrus Riga vocor cui [Christi] vena rigat cor. Incipit p[ro]log[us] Mag[ist]ri Petri Riga in libru[m] aurore. [incipit] Omnis sc[ri]ptura divinitus inspirata ... [explicit] interfectionem diaboli a Christo spirualiter factam significat. [rubric] Explicit."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">5.2. folios 5r-232r: Text: "[incipit] H[ec] mala m[u]lta move[n]t h[ic] bona m[u]lta parit ... [explicit] Descende[n]s patru[m] veteru[m] de g[er]mi[n]e nat[us]. [rubric] Expliciu[n]t cantica cantico[rum]."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">6. folio 232r: Versus Hildeberti ad beatam Mariam [Patrologia Latina 171: 1286]: "[incipit] S[an]c[t]a parens caro labe care[n]s [et: deleted] rosa [added] dulci[s] odoris ... [explicit] Imo Dei pietate vehi merear super ast[ra]."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">7. folios 232v-233r: Prayer to Saint Mary, added later by a contemporary hand, originally blank, unruled: "[incipit] Ave Maria gr[ati]a plena domin[us] tec[um] audita serie ista iiiior occurr[un]t dilige[n]ti[us] pensanda ... [explicit] afflicti[s] gauida dona[s]."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">8. folio 233r: Prayer for the gift of tears, added later by another contemporary hand; originally blank, ruled: "[incipit] Om[ni]p[oten]s mitissime D[eu]s qui... [explicit] om[n]ium p[er]cipere peccato[rum] p[er] dominu[m] n[ostrum] I[esum] Chr[istu]m."</mods:abstract>
<mods:abstract displayLabel="Content description">9. folio 233v: A vertical string of letters, perhaps a cypher, added later by another contemporary hand; originally blank, ruled</mods:abstract>
<mods:note>Wanting a title leaf and at least 2 additional leaves (penultimate, and all post [231]).</mods:note>
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<mods:topic>Manuscripts, Medieval</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Bible</mods:topic>
<mods:topic>Commentaries</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>Bible</mods:topic>
<mods:topic>Paraphrases</mods:topic>
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<mods:extent>233 leaves : parchment, illuminations ; 230 x 145 (165-170 x 75) mm bound to 240 x 150 mm</mods:extent>
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