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Source Description
This German manuscript is a copy of Eberhard of Bethune's thirteenth-century grammatical poem Graecismus. The poem is accompanied by an extensive gloss by Jean-Vincent Metulin, a scholar from southern France. Having functioned as a textbook, the manuscript's condition suggests it was well-used by students eager to memorize and comprehend Bethune's ideas on the grammatical usage of Greek words.
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Document identity
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3821
label
Glossed copy of Eberhard of Béthune's Graecismus
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Source metadata
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3821
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object
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normalized
title
Glossed copy of Eberhard of Béthune's Graecismus
description
This German manuscript is a copy of Eberhard of Bethune's thirteenth-century grammatical poem Graecismus. The poem is accompanied by an extensive gloss by Jean-Vincent Metulin, a scholar from southern France. Having functioned as a textbook, the manuscript's condition suggests it was well-used by students eager to memorize and comprehend Bethune's ideas on the grammatical usage of Greek words.
provenance
L.S. Olschiki, [date and mode of acquisition unknown, Inv. no. 28236]; Henry Walters, ca. 1912 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1440
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CC0
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
21
height
14.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/4 × W: 5 5/8 in. (21 × 14.3 cm)
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med
ink and pigments on German laid paper, light brown, uneven edges, bound in Italy (?) in quarter brown leather; late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century
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1
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0
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photo
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