(Q13002)
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Monastère de Luxeuil (Luxeuil-les-Bains, France)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France
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Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--New Jersey--Princeton
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between 700 and 725
8. century
700Gregorian
725Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 147 x 212 mm.
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recto: "... terram babylonis ... capta est ciuitas eius ..." col. a. "... teneritudine mea ... Et erit baby- lon in tumulos ..." col. b. verso: "... Quomodo capta est sesach ... per eam filius hominis ..." col. a. "... Et post hunc annum ... quæ in eis sunt ..." col. b.
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Ms. fragment.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment ; fragment of a leaf.
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Layout: 13-14 lines in two columns.
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Description: Written in the script of Luxeuil by at least 5 scribes. At least 15 fragments from this manuscript, reused in bindings at Admont, Stiftsbibliothek, have survived.
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Decoration: First letter or syllable of each verse in large hollow capitals, some incorporating stylized fish, filled with yellow and/or orange.
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Origin: Early 8th-century fragment written at the Abbey of Luxeuil or possibly at one of its affiliated houses.
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The original codex, perhaps around 245 leaves in quaternions, appears to have been broken up for binding at the Benedictine Abbey of Admont in Austria, apparently by the 12th century. Robert Garrett purchased the manuscript leaf in 1936, probably from the bookseller E.P. Goldschmidt. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library in 1942.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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