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Description: | St. Paterius (who died in 604 or 606) was a Roman monk and notary under Pope Gregory the Great. At the pope's request, he made a compilation of excerpts from Gregory's works, and arranged them in biblical order, to form a sort of commentary on the scriptures.
This copy was written at the Augustinian abbey of St. Mary's, Cirencester. The start of the main text is marked by a large initial 'U' formed of a dragon. It originally would have looked much brighter, but the white pigment has turned dark. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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