(Q46937)
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Bible
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Lacaita, C. C. 1853-1933
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Lacaita, Mary, -1924
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Frost, H. Harvey
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--1150-1200
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ca. 1150 - ca. 1200
12. century
1150Gregorian
1200Gregorian
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Extent: 235 leaves, bound : vellum ; 29 cm.
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Written in brownish ink in three columns of constant width, the biblical text in the central column with the gloss (by Anselm of Laon) in smaller writing in the outside columns and between the lines of the biblical text. The biblical text is written in a rounded Italian 12th-century minuscule; the gloss in a more compressed and less rounded script.
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F. 1v contains a large initial B in brushed gold and colors with white-vine decoration. Major divisions of the Psalms begin with similar smaller initials. Minor initials are orange-red uncials.
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Bound in 18th-century Italian vellum.
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In a tray case, 31 cm.
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Bookplates of Charles and Mary Lacaita (sale, London, 20 July 1936, lot 189) and H. Harvey Frost.
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Deposited by Philip Hofer, 1967; bequeathed, 1984.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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