Bible (fragment)

Description

Title: Bible (fragment)
Published / Created: [ca. 1330]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript leaf, on vellum, in a single hand, of part of the book of Ecclesiasticus (Sirach).
Description: In Latin.
Layout: double columns of 46 lines each.
Script: gothic.
Decoration: Three illuminated initials with bar borders; illuminated chapter numbers.
Provenance: Manuscript Bible originally given to St. Albans Abbey by Michael of Mentmore (-1349). Formerly owned by Alan G. Thomas. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 292 mm x 197 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 14th 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 (Name): St. Albans Abbey.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: St. Albans Abbey
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Michael of Mentmore -1349 > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Thomas, Alan G. > Ownership
St. Albans Abbey > Ownership

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Citation: Bible (Fragment) (Takamiya MS 87). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.