Bible, Prophets (Vulgate) (fragment).

Description

Title: Bible, Prophets (Vulgate) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 965 and 1000].
Publication Place: Northeastern France
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of excerpts from the Latin Vulgate of the books of various prophets, including Ezekiel (Ezechiel), Daniel, Hosea, Amos, Obadiah (Abdias), Haggai (Aggeus), Zachariah, and Malachi
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Caroline minuscule; a later hand has altered some punctuation; modern hands have added some textual indentifications and numbering.
Decoration: 1-line initials in brown uncials; brown and/or orange-red rustic capitals on ff. 5r, 6r, and 12v; brown or/and orange-red uncials on f. 11r and v; punctuation consisting of punctus, punctus elevatus, punctus versus, and punctus interrogativus; and quire signatures "v," "vi," and "vii" appear on ff. 4v, 8v, and 10v, respectively, suggesting the manuscript fragments preserve portions of the last five quires of a ten-quire manuscript.
Former call numbers: Beinecke MS 482.6A (f. 4), B (f. 9), C (f. 3), D (f. 6), E (f. 11), F (f. 2), G (f. 1), H (f. 8), I (f. 7), J (f. 5), K (f. 10); Beinecke MS 482.5A (f. 6), B (f. 9), D (f. 12), A (f. 14), and C (f. 15).
Provenance: Acquired for the Beinecke Library by Edwin J. Beinecke in 1965.
Extent: ff. 16 : 280 x 203 mm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 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): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bible O.T. Prophets
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bible, Prophets (Vulgate) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.