Exameron VII 21Pending
latin / ambrose, 11th c.
- object:
- Frankfurt, UB, Fragm. lat. VII 21
- claim:
- ambrose, not a medical text
- note:
- reported to the library. no answer yet.
HSP000694C900000000labeled: 2026-10-24
The leaf catalogued as a “Medizinischer Text” appears to be Ambrose, Exameron VI.9.57–70, the passage on the human body.
Pending: Reported to the holding library or a specialist; no answer yet. Sent to UB Frankfurt on 2026-10-24. A known text; what is new is the identification of this leaf.
The catalogue’s incipit, “Postremum quoque officium est oris aut lingue”, is §66 of the sixth book of the Exameron, where Ambrose walks through the body from the head to the arms, which explains the medical label. The leaves are pastedowns, eleventh century. At §62 two readings agree with the oldest manuscripts in the Vienna edition (CSEL 32/1).