BRMS 20

Title

Subject

Description

This volume, written in old Dutch on paper, comprises short passages of the Canticum Canticorum (Song of Songs) followed by allegorical explications from the writings of St. Paul, St. Gregory the Great, St. Bonaventure, and Gilbert of Hoyland. The manuscript begins with a red and blue initial with a decorative border on the first page, and is written in a gothic batarde script with brown ink and highlighted with red initials throughout.

Source

BRMS 20. [Bible. Song of Songs]. Dat ander stuc van den exposicien op Canticum Canticorum. [Low Countries (Netherlands?), late 15th century]. Illuminated manuscript on paper. From the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Relation

ScriptureWorship

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Dutch

Type

Illuminated Bible manuscript on paper

Collection

Inscribed Illuminations and Inspirations: Manuscripts at Bridwell Library

Citation

“BRMS 20,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 12, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1841.