Item Summary

Latin Bible in armorial binding.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Bible].
Call Number
29.7
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tq57p035d
Publisher
[15th century]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1400-1499
Format
Manuscript
Extent
520 leaves : paper ; 283 x 204 (198 x 150) mm bound to 298 x 220 mm.
Provenance
Bookplates: Ex Libris Eric Gruaz ("Perseverare"); Bibliotheque de Th. de Jonghe ("Fortune ne vieillit pas"); Ex Libris Mathieu Varille Lynnois; Ex Libris Jean Varille ("Orando Perseverando Laborando," "Nec Tvmide/Nec Timide"). Manuscript annotations on front free endpaper by J. Varille.
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Paper ; fol. vi + 220 + v ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 52-55 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
Description: Watermarks (later endpapers: crest with three fleur-de-lis over the letter P; text: seated figure of a pope, the letter P).
Decoration: Major divisions marked with 8- to 11-line red initials with brown infill/penwork. Lesser divisions marked with 2- to 3-line red initials. Running header in red.
Binding Note
Later binding. Brown leather over wooden boards (9 mm thick). Blind-stamped panel of fleur-de-lis with a central crest surrounded by concentric frames of roses, leafy vines, and rosettes. Endbands. Housed in slip case.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Latin—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/77eb644f-93e7-45e3-9bbf-ff5a862f7b4e/manifest