(Q8781)

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Biblia sacra manuscripta.
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Bible.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts
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Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens
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Extent: 465 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 218 x 148 (149 x 93) mm bound to 230 x 168 mm
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parchment, color illustrations
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Ms. codex.
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An 8-page typewritten description and analysis of the manuscript is on file in the Library.
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Title from spine.
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Collation: Parchment, v (paper) + 462 + vi (paper); a¹³, b¹⁴, c-i¹², k¹²(-2), l-o¹², p¹⁶, q¹²(-1), r-s¹², t-u¹⁴, x¹⁰, y¹⁴(-1), z¹², A-I¹², K-L¹⁰, M-P¹², Q³. There are traces of numbers at the end of some quires, but most of these were lost when the margins were trimmed; modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of approximately 50 lines, including, unusually, the Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum; ruled in lead; small number of marginal glosses; later table of incipits written in 3 columns.
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Origin: Written in northern France, probably Paris, 1220s? (Laura Light).
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Decoration: Many 6-line historiated initials, some also zoomorphic, particularly at the beginning of books; first leaf of the book of Job has been cut out (between f. 185-186); major historiated zoomorphic initial forming left border at the beginning of Jerome's prologue to Genesis depicting a monk in his scriptorium, and another major zoomorphic initial forming left border at the beginning...
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Binding: 18th-century French brown morocco, wearing slightly at the hinges; metal clasps; gold leaf on spine; marbled endpapers.
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Script: Written in French Gothic textualis script, probably by more than one hand, though it appears to be the work of a single scriptorium; quire Q is a later addition, written in a hybrid script.
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Gift of T. Edward Ross, 1947.
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James Augustus St. John and S. Vandenyer (cf. letter tipped in, from former to latter, dated 1837[?], acknowledging receipt of the manuscript; T. Edward Ross (bookplate, inside front cover).
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19 September 2023
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19 September 2023
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