About 1140-1150 Study of the Scriptures was an important philosophical and intellectual endevour in the 12th century. These leaves reproduce the letters of St Paul in larger text, and a gloss commenting on it by Gilbert de la Porée. Gilbert was a celebrated scholar who taught at Chartres before becoming bishop of Poiters in 1142. France, possibly Poiters (9037,A-B)
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