Descriptive Information

Title

[Bible].

Call Number

84.1

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcrv043736c

Publisher

[France], [13th century]

Language

Latin

Date Created

1200-1299

Format

Manuscript

Extent

560 leaves : parchment ; 160 x 110 mm.

Provenance

Belonged (ca. 1600) to Guillemme Broullin, and (ca. 1700) to the Premonstratensian Abbey of Silly, near Sées, in Normandy; Armorial bookplate (1880) of Joannis M Cray; No. 22 in an American bookseller's cat., ca. 1915-1920; John H. Scheide.

Source Acquisition

Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.

References

De Ricci, p. 2120, no. 3

Rights Statement

Copyright Not Evaluated

Contents

1. fol. 1r-447v: [Old Testament (Genesis to Ecclesiastes)].

2. fol. 447v-560v: [New Testament (Matthew to Revelation)]

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title devised by cataloger.

Collation: Parchment ; fol. i + 560 + i ; modern foliation in pencil.

Layout: 44 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.

Decoration: Books open with 5- to 8-line blue initials with red and blue penwork and extenders. Running header in alternating red and blue letters.

Origin: Written in France in the 13th century.

Binding Note

Later? binding. Old rose velvet. One metal clasp.

Discovery Information

Subject

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count

1130

Institutional Information

Collection

Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/971cfe8e-ddd4-4328-9d04-13928006a2b0/manifest

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