BRMS 93

Title

Subject

Description

Biblical history written by Peter Comestor, Chancellor of Notre Dame in Paris. In Bridwell Library's manuscript, several dates added by the scribe provide evidence that the entire manuscript was produced between March and August of 1466. An additional inscription records that the text belonged to the Benedictine Monastery of St. Legér in Luzerne, Switzerland.

Creator

Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century.

Source

BRMS 93. Peter Comestor (d. 1178). Historia scholastica. [Luzerne, Switzerland], 1466. Manuscript on paper, dated by the scribe several times in Spring–Summer 1466.

Relation

Instruction

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Latin

Type

Manuscript history on paper

Collection

Inscribed Illuminations and Inspirations: Manuscripts at Bridwell Library

Citation

Petrus, Comestor, active 12th century. , “BRMS 93,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed July 10, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1799.