Bible (fragment).

Description

Title: Bible (fragment).
Published / Created: [ca. 800]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on parchment, of two leaves of a Bible, containing Deuteronomy 30:9-32:6 and 32:12-34:12.
Description: In Latin.
Layout: two columns of 28 lines.
Script: Anglo-Saxon minuscule.
Decoration: well-formed initial 'a' embodying two animal heads, partially colored in red and blue.
With a thirteenth or fourteenth inscription on one of the leaves, "Iste liber est de armario Sarr".
Provenance: Phillipps MS 31683. Formerly owned by Martin Bodmer. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 2 leaves : 340 mm x 230 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval. England 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Versions
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bible Deuteronomy
Bible Latin > Versions
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bodmer, Martin, 1899-1971 > Ownership
Philipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Bible (fragment) (Takamiya MS 21). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.