(Q8646)
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Bible.
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Block, Gordon A., Jr., 1914-1973
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[between 1235 and 1270]
13. century
1235Gregorian
1270Gregorian
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Extent: 61 leaves : parchment ; 196 x 132 (140 x 92) mm bound to 198 x 148 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Probably written in England in the mid-13th century.
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Title from added title (f. 1r).
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Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.
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Layout: New Testament written in 2 columns of 63 lines; frame-ruled in faint ink; double horizontal bounding-lines (f. 1v-60v). Metrical digest written in 2 columns of 33-41 lines, written on every other line to leave room for letters and numbers above each line; frame-ruled in faint ink; triple vertical bounding-lines left of left column and quadruple vertical bounding-lines left of right...
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Binding: Later vellum, lined with a fragment of a leaf containing Luke 5.17-25, beginning with a 4-line initial in blue flourished with red, from an antiphonary that was written in two columns with rubrics in red and 1-line initials alternating in red and blue.
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Foliation: Parchment, 61; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Decoration: Puzzle initials in red and blue at the beginning of Mark, Luke, John, Acts, and the first epistle of Peter (f. 9v, 14r, 22r, 45r, 54r); numerous initials, most 1-line, but up to 8-line, in blue flourished with red or red flourished with turquoise; running book titles and chapter numbers in alternating red and blue characters; rubrics in red; Eusebian letters in metrical digest in...
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Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr. (bookplate inside lower cover), 1966.
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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