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Obtained before December 1881 by Hamilton Cole (Grolier member, 1884-89) ; his sale (New York, 7 April 1890 n. 31, pl.), bought by Edward Bement (Grolier member, 1884-1931) who bequeathed it to the Grolier Club in 1932.
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s. XIII(2/4); 1225-1250
13. century
1225Gregorian
1250Gregorian
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Binding: Bound, 1881, in red crushed levant morocco by William Matthews (bookbinder in Brooklyn, NY and Grolier Club member, 1884-96) for Hamilton Cole; covers of both volumes tooled in gilt to the design by Le Gascon on a Plantin bible of the Marquis d'Adda.
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Figurative details, ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: 82 historiated initials (with two probably missing on the leaves that would have begun Exodus and Leviticus).
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Layout, ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: Gatherings apparently of 24 leaves (the psalter not on a separate quire); 2 columns of 46 lines.
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Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1289.
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ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: Latin.
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ff. 1-303v; ff. 1-351v: In the usual order for thirteenth century French bibles, and with the usual texts (but adding the prayer of Solomon to the end of Ecclesiasticus, and the Nicene Creed to the end of the Psalms). The expected set of 64 prologues is expanded to 68.
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9 June 2023
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9 June 2023
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