This manuscript is a thirteenth-century Paris-type Bible with prologues and an incomplete copy of the Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (entries for A to H) at the end of the volume.
Support: Parchment; Extent: 124 x 85 mm bound to 132 x 92 mm; Collation: 1 (23, +23), 2 (23, +23), 3 (23, +23), 4 (25, +25), 5-6 (20), 7 (26), 8 (25, +25), 9 (24), 10 (18), 11 (19, +19), 12 (27, +27), 13-15 (24), 16 (21, +21), 17-20 (24), 21 (25, +25), 22 (26), 23 (22), 24 (19, +19), 25 (24); Signatures: Modern signatures in pencil, lower right first recto, perhaps dating to the rebinding of the manuscript
Two columns of forty-six lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines; written area: 102 x 67 mm
Gothic--textualis
Fourteen historiated initials at the beginning of selected books; seventy-six illuminated initials in designs of dragons and foliate patterns in full colors at the beginning of books and some prologues; approximately fifty large red and blue puzzle initials at the beginning of prologues; two-line chapter initials in red or blue with long penwork extensions in the contrasting color; rubrication in red; capitals touched in red; versal initials in Psalms in red or blue; running titles and chapter numbers in alternately red and blue letters
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.
Fols. 279-80 wanting, replaced with (early modern?) reproductions; Hebraicorum nominum wanting after I
Front flyleaves are four paper followed by one parchment; end flyleaves are paper
Collation note: location of singletons in all quires uncertain
Paris?, Northern France
Late 13th century
Rebound in 1985 in tan Nigerian goat skin and blindtooled, with accompanying slipcover
Latin
Formerly owned by the Farrell family (near Hull, England); acquired at auction in 1984
Paris?, Northern France
Late 13th century
Latin
Formerly owned by the Farrell family
This manuscript is a thirteenth-century Paris-type Bible with prologues and an incomplete copy of the Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (entries for A to H) at the end of the volume.
Fols. 279-80 wanting, replaced with (early modern?) reproductions; Hebraicorum nominum wanting after I
Front flyleaves are four paper followed by one parchment; end flyleaves are paper
Collation note: location of singletons in all quires uncertain
Gothic--textualis
Fourteen historiated initials at the beginning of selected books; seventy-six illuminated initials in designs of dragons and foliate patterns in full colors at the beginning of books and some prologues; approximately fifty large red and blue puzzle initials at the beginning of prologues; two-line chapter initials in red or blue with long penwork extensions in the contrasting color; rubrication in red; capitals touched in red; versal initials in Psalms in red or blue; running titles and chapter numbers in alternately red and blue letters
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.
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