Bible

Description

Title: Bible
Published / Created: [ca. 1250]
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of the Vulgate Bible, with interpretations of Hebrew names
Description: In Latin.
Script: Copied in small Northern Gothica Textualis (Pearl Script)
Decoration: Historiated initials, with a normal height of 6 lines, at beginning of each book (further on this, see the catalog description); 4-line foliate initials, half inserted, at the beginning of each prologue; running headlines and chapter numbers alternately in red and blue majuscules or roman numerals.
Binding: 18th or 19th century romantic binding by François Bozerian (Bozerian Jeune): red morocco over cardboard; both covers gold- and blind-tooled with cruciform and floral motifs; gold-tooled spine with four raised bands and a gold-tooled title, "BIBLIA SACRA."
Provenance: Once belonged to the Franciscan convent of Provins (Seine-et-Marne); formerly of the collection of the Marquess of Lothian; ex libris Charles C. Kalbfleisch (1868-1944); ex libris Charles J. Rosenbloom; bequest of Charles J. Rosenbloom, October, 1974.
Extent: ff. 630 : 145 x 95 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parhcment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Remigius, of Auxerre, approximately 841-908.
Subject (Topic): Versions
Vulgate
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Remigius, of Auxerre, approximately 841-908
Bible. Latin > Versions > Vulgate
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Kalbfleisch, Charles C., 1868-1944 > Bookplate
Rosenbloom, Charles J., 1898-1973 > Bookplate

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Citation: Biblia Latina. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.