Item Summary

Bible. Includes Old and New Testament with Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum. Unidentified Latin text, in later hand [14th century?] between new paper flyleaves and fol. 1.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Bible].
Call Number
84.3
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcqf85nr51d
Publisher
[Germany], [13th century]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1299
Format
Manuscript
Extent
291 leaves : parchment ; 200 x 130 mm.
Provenance
"Iste liber est fratrum Carthusiensium Montis Sancti Beati propre Confluentes," (ca. 1300, referring to the Charterhouse of Beatusberg near Coblentz); bookplate of C. Inglis M.D.; sale by Sotheby's (London, June 1, 1908, no. 53) to Maggs; unidentified armorial bookplate with Greek motto "Mnenestheti Mou Kurie."
Source Acquisition
Gift; William H. Scheide, Class of 1936; 2015.
References
De Ricci, p. 2121, no. 5
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. Fol. 1r-213v: Old Testament (Genesis to Maccabees II).
2. Fol. 213v-258v: New Testament (Matthew to Revelation).
3. Fol. 259r-291v: Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Incorrect date 1180 for manuscript found on fol. 1r and fol. 291v.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. vi + 291 + iii ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: Bible written in 58 lines per page in three columns ; Interpretationes written in 27 lines per page in three columns.
Decoration: penwork initials. Main divisions open with 7- to 9-line red and blue initials with penwork. Smaller divisions open with 2-line red or blue initials with penwork. Running caption titles in alternating red and blue letters.
Origin: Written in Germany, probably in the Rhineland, in the 13th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. 19th century (ca. 1815). English red morocco. Blind-stamped central diamond outlined in gold, and wide blind- and gold-stamped border. Gold-tooled turn-ins. Blue cloth pastedowns and flyleaves.

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
606

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b787b4a4-38b3-48fb-9b0d-482add49fd9c/manifest