Manuscript on parchment of the Bible, with prologues to almost every book; also includes interpretations of Hebrew names
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by several similar-looking hands writing in Northern Gothica Textualis Libraria., Decoration: each Prologue (except Jeremiah, f. 240rb) opens with a painted initial, decorated with interlace and hybrid animals, fishes, etc. Numerous large and small decorative initials in red and blue pen-work. Execution of decoration ascribed to the "Vie de Saint Denis Atelier." See catalog description for further detail., and Binding: Eighteenth century : rose-coloured parchment over wooden boards; both covers gold-tooled; brass bosses and clasps; arms of Johann Christoph Borzek on front cover; cartouche containing a peasant pruning a tree, with the motto "Cum tempore fructus," on rear cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
