Petrus Comestor, Chancellor of Paris

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British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0001d9

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referencedIn FRAGMENTS of the following works:-1. Bædæ Historia Ecclesiastica: extending, with frequent lacunæ, from lib. iii. 17 to the end of the summary. With the Colophon " Explicit liber historiarum gentis Anglorum Bede presbiteri ad Ceoluulfum regem." f. 1... British Library
referencedIn PETRI COMESTORIS (ob. 1179) Historia Scholastica: a Bible-history, with insertions from profane authors, concluding here with the Ascension, and not carried on to the end of the Acts of the Apostles, as in Migne's edition, Patrologia, vol. cxcviii. (... British Library
referencedIn TREATISE ON THE COMPOTUS, with other astronomical and chronological matter. A list of the contents and of the miniatures in the manuscript is given in F. Saxl and H. Meier, Verzeichnis astrologischer und mythologischer illustrierter HSS., vol. iii (e..., approximately 1454 British Library
creatorOf WORKS BY OR ATTRIBUTED TO ST GREGORY, ETC.: mostly copied by the monk John Awne, probably at Mount Grace Priory, co. York.; mid 15th cent. Latin. Formerly belonged to Mount Grace Priory (f. vi). Armorial bookplate of Lord Herries of Terraglis, late 1... British Library
referencedIn PETRI Comestoris Historia Scholastica. Begins with the usual " prologus epistolaris " to William, Archbishop of Sens (v. Migne, Patrol. Lat. cxcviii. col. 1053). The text agrees in the main with that of Migne, but the concluding part of the Gospel-hi..., 13th century British Library
referencedIn THEOLOGICAL TRACTS, together with copies of some documents relating to English church-history (see artt. 17-20). Latin. 1. On Indulgences, beg. "Sciendum est quod omnes indulgencie." f. 1. 2. "Liber Ysidori de Obitu patriareharum et apostolorum ceter... British Library
referencedIn REGISTER OF FEES, RENTAL, EXTENT, etc., of Culford, co. Suff., the property of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Latin. Apparently one of a series drawn up under William Curteys, Abbot 1429-1446, of which further examples (all, except where otherwise stated, fo..., 1429-1446 British Library
referencedIn PETRI COMESTORIS Historia Scholastica. Begins with the epistle dedicatory to William [de Champagne], Archbishop of Sens [1168-1176, afterwards of Reims, and Cardinal], and is complete to the end of the Gospel history, with a continuation covering the... British Library
referencedIn HUTH BEQUEST. Vol. IX. Bible History, in Flemish: viz. the Octateuch, 1-4 Kings, Ezra, and Tobit, with a Prologue, and with a commentary mainly derived from the Historia Scholastica of Petrus Comestor. The Prologue begins "Onse here god voirsiende di... British Library
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Ireland, Europe
Venice, Italy
Harsley East, North Riding of Yorkshire
Rhine, Europe
Schalkwijk, the Netherlands
India, Asia
Culford, Suffolk
Clarendon, Wiltshire
River Leek, Holland
Constantinople, Byzantine empire
Utrecht, the Netherlands
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