Bible (DS5643) (Q24429)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 68:21, Lewis E M 68:21)
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Bible (DS5643)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis E M 68:21, Lewis E M 68:21)

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    physical description
    Extent: 369 x 508 mm; parchment
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    note
    Initial D with St. Jerome
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    This initial begins Jerome's preface to the Pentateuch, 'Desederii mei desideratas accepi epistolas ....' The Pentateuch is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament in the Christian faith: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Jerome, who lived from ca. 347 to 420, translated the Hebrew and Greek books of the Bible into Latin in a translation known as the...
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    This image shows the reverse of a leaf that continues the text of Jerome's preface to the Pentateuch, which begins on the front or true recto.
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    Script: Transitional script (praegothica)
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    acknowledgements
    Contributor: David Kalish
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    Cataloger: Dot Porter
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    Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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    date added
    5 December 2023
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    date last updated
    5 December 2023
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