The Glossed Text


Gloss003

Gloss 003: Durham Cathedral Library A.III.14 f. 4v. A glossed Book of Isaiah; belonged to an English scholar in Paris, Robert of Adington. This MS was stored in monastery of St.-Victor in Paris (ca. 1180-93). When he returned to England, he presented the book to Durham.

This manuscript presents a very vivid image of the amount of commentary surrounding a very small number of words.