Moralia sive Expositio in Iob (lib. I-XVIII) (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 251)

Job's complaint and the visit of his three friends who comfort him, f. 53r.

Colloquial name(s): Moralia sive Expositio in Iob (lib. I-XVIII)

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 251

Date: c. 1170-75 (source)

Origin: Frankenthal, Pfalz, Germany (source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital and via HeidICON

This manuscript consists of a copy of a book written by Gregorius Magnus (aka Pope Gregory I) entitled Moralia sive Expositio in Iob and generally known in English as Magna Moralia or Moralia on Job (source and source). It contains several pen-and-ink illustrations as well as some beautiful floriated initials.

Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided (in German) by the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg with both facsimiles.