[Liber testimoniorum Veteris Testamenti [Liber Numeri (fragment)]; [Liber Deuteronomi (fragment)]South of France (?), second half of the 12th century (?)Fragment, notebook of 8 ff, unbound; late caroline script in brown ink, 30 lines per page; drypoint ruled (justification: 142 x 98 mm); headings in capital letters; red monochrome initials, some ornate; some letters highlighted in redDimensions: 222 x 140 mm Rare extract from a (Cistercian?) manuscript. Note the very simple, monochrome decoration, as is often the case with Cistercian manuscripts. The general aesthetic is reminiscent of Cistercian manuscripts and we know the importance of Gregory the Great and in particular his Moralia in Job within the Cistercian milieu. Paterius or Patère of Brescia was a sixth-century monk and disciple of Gregory the Great (he was his secretary, notarius; then secundicerius). Patère was bishop of Brescia and sanctified (feast day on 21 February). He wrote an important work that was very popular in manuscript. His Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti drew on the writings of Gregory the Great to provide a detailed commentary on the Scriptures. This work had a great influence and diffusion in the Middle Ages and also remains important for our knowledge of the diffusion of the work of Gregory the Great: certain extracts quoted by Paterius are not found in the known works of Saint Gregory. This notebook contains part of Paterius' Liber testimoniorum Veteris Testamenti for the books of Numbers and Deuteronomy. Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, Numbers, incipit, "[...] gemituum rigore exquisivit... "rubric, Unde supra in expositione evangelium omelia .xi. [Multi cum verba contra avariciam...; explicit, "[...] sui reatus accepit"; rubric, Explicit libri numeri. Edition: PL, 79, col. 771-774.Paterius, Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti, Deuteronomy, rubric, In expositione beati Iob libro .vii. ; incipit, " Dum de modo dileccionis...Diliges dominum deum tuum ex toto corde tuo..." ; explicit, " [...] si accepit homo uxorem et habuerit eam...[...] (lacking the end). Edition: PL, 79, 774-779 See: [Migne] Patrologiae cursus completus ... Series latina ... accurante J. P. Migne. I-CCXXI. Paris, 1844-1864 [PL] ; Etaix, R. " Le Liber testimoniorum de Paterius ", in Revue des sciences religieuses, 1958 (32-1), pp. 66-78 ; see also the passages on Paterius in Wasselynck, R. " Les compilations des " Moralia in Job " du VIIe au XIIe siècle ", in Recherches de théologie ancienne et médiévale, 1962 (29), pp. 5-32.Expert : Ariane Adeline