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This manuscript is a thirteenth-century English Bible that was presented to the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1768 by Dr. George Vaux of London. The books of the Bible are bound in an unusual order, in a later binding with signs of trimming. In the Hebrew scriptures, Psalms is followed by the minor prophets, then the major prophets, then the wisdom books. Leaves at the end of Ezekiel and the beginning of Daniel are missing (between fols. 307 and 308). In the Christian scriptures, the Gospels (a leaf or two with the end of Jerome's prologue to the Gospels and the opening of Matthew are missing between fols. 360 and 361) and Acts are followed by the Catholic Epistles, then the Pauline Epistles, then the Pastoral Epistles, concluding with the Apocalypse and the Interpretationes Hebraicorum Nominum. Additional works copied in other hands include excerpts from sermons of Innocent III, bound in at the front (fols. 2r-3v); the letter of Prester John, before Proverbs (fols. 324v-326v); and an excerpt from Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Corinthians, between the Apocalypse and the Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (fols. 455v-456v). Greek words in the prologues of Jerome are rendered in Greek letters with a second interlinear transcription above them; a list of the Hebrew letters and their names with Jerome's meanings and a table of the Greek letters and their names appear at the end of the manuscript (fol. 496r).
Support: Parchment; Extent: i+496+i; 205 x 140 mm bound to 215 x 160 mm; Collation: Structure uncertain
Written in a single column of forty-three lines, except for Psalm 109 (Dixit Dominus) through Psalm 146 (Lauda, anima mea) and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names written in two columns; frame-ruled in lead with double horizontal bounding lines (first line below the line); written area: 150 x 85 mm
Gothic--textualis; additions to the text, Gothic--anglicana
Large (usually three to five lines) blue initials with red penwork at the beginning of prologues and books; two-line red or blue initials with contrasting penwork at the beginning of each psalm; running titles in letters alternating between red and blue, except in Psalms, where they are absent; chapter numbers in letters alternating between red and blue except from Isaiah, chapter 61, through Daniel, chapter 9, where the letters alternate between red and green; rubrication in red
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves, contemporary with eighteenth-century binding
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
England
13th century
Full morocco, gilt-tooled, with sunburst medallion and JHS monogram in the center of the covers; circa 1730 (de Ricci)
Latin
Formerly owned by James Biss, 1583 (owner inscription, Liber Jacobi Biss, f. 7r); sold by Thomas Norton to Henry Clifford (inscription, end flyleaf verso, circa 1600 (de Ricci)); presented to the Library Company by Dr. George Vaux of London, 1768 (inscription, front flyleaf verso)
England
13th century
Latin
Formerly owned by James Biss, 1583
This manuscript is a thirteenth-century English Bible that was presented to the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1768 by Dr. George Vaux of London. The books of the Bible are bound in an unusual order, in a later binding with signs of trimming. In the Hebrew scriptures, Psalms is followed by the minor prophets, then the major prophets, then the wisdom books. Leaves at the end of Ezekiel and the beginning of Daniel are missing (between fols. 307 and 308). In the Christian scriptures, the Gospels (a leaf or two with the end of Jerome's prologue to the Gospels and the opening of Matthew are missing between fols. 360 and 361) and Acts are followed by the Catholic Epistles, then the Pauline Epistles, then the Pastoral Epistles, concluding with the Apocalypse and the Interpretationes Hebraicorum Nominum. Additional works copied in other hands include excerpts from sermons of Innocent III, bound in at the front (fols. 2r-3v); the letter of Prester John, before Proverbs (fols. 324v-326v); and an excerpt from Peter Lombard's commentary on 1 Corinthians, between the Apocalypse and the Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (fols. 455v-456v). Greek words in the prologues of Jerome are rendered in Greek letters with a second interlinear transcription above them; a list of the Hebrew letters and their names with Jerome's meanings and a table of the Greek letters and their names appear at the end of the manuscript (fol. 496r).
Marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves, contemporary with eighteenth-century binding
Gothic--textualis; additions to the text, Gothic--anglicana
Large (usually three to five lines) blue initials with red penwork at the beginning of prologues and books; two-line red or blue initials with contrasting penwork at the beginning of each psalm; running titles in letters alternating between red and blue, except in Psalms, where they are absent; chapter numbers in letters alternating between red and blue except from Isaiah, chapter 61, through Daniel, chapter 9, where the letters alternate between red and green; rubrication in red
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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