Item Summary

The books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth with marginal and interlinear glosses.

Descriptive Information

Title
[O.T. Joshua, Judges, and Ruth with Glossa ordinaria].
Call Number
Garrett MS. 30
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dczs25xp319
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1225
Extent
97 leaves : parchment ; 360 x 258 (225 x 90-130) mm bound to 378 x 272 mm.
Provenance
In the library of the Pontigny Abbey until the French Revolution when it was acquired by Abbé Joseph Felix Allard. Later purchased by Sir Thomas Philipps of Middle Hill, Worchestershire, who sold it at Sotheby's in London on 17 May 1897. Acquired by Bernard Quaritch and later by Robert Garrett, Class of 1897, who donated it to Princeton University in 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift; of Robert Garrett, Princeton Class of 1897, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, pages 22-25.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1r-45r: [Joshua with Glossa ordinaria]
2. fol. 45v-91r: [Judges with Glossa ordinaria]
3. fol. 92r-87v: [Ruth with Glossa ordinaria]
Notes
Incipit: "Adamantius. Donauit deus nomen quod est super omne nomen ihesu christo ..."
Explicit: "Ysai genuit dauid regem."
Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. i (paper) + 97 + i (paper) ; catchwords ; pagination in pencil on the bottom of every other page ; foliation in pencil in upper right hand corner.
Layout: 22 lines per page.
Decoration: Each book opens with a large decorated initial in gold and other colors (fol. 2r, 45v, 92r). Running captions in blue and red.
Origin: Produced in France, possibly at Pontigny Abbey in the first quarter of the 13th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. Bound by George Bretherton in 1849 in English half-calf and navy cloth over pasteboards.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
202

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/354a8303-f9ee-4e83-9f79-1372b4792831/manifest