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Manuscript/Mixed Material Biblia latina. Text begins leaf [1]1: I[n]cipit epi[stola] s[an]c[t]i ieronimi p[res]b[iter]i ad [paul]inu[m] de o[mn]ibus divine historie libris / Incipit epistola sancti ieronimi presbiteri ad paulinum de omnibus divine historie libris

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Title

  • Biblia latina.

Other Title

  • Text begins leaf [1]1: I[n]cipit epi[stola] s[an]c[t]i ieronimi p[res]b[iter]i ad [paul]inu[m] de o[mn]ibus divine historie libris
  • Incipit epistola sancti ieronimi presbiteri ad paulinum de omnibus divine historie libris

Names

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [France], [13th century]

Notes

  • -  Ms. codex.
  • -  Layout: 2 columns; 48 lines per page; written area 67 x 95 mm and begins beneath the first line; faint ruling.
  • -  Script: Gothic textura.
  • -  Explicit 551v: Orate p[r]o me scriptore [et] p[rio]re n[ost]ro bernhardo.
  • -  Decoration: Pen flourished initals in blue and red ink throughout. Individual books are introduced by illuminated initials in blue and red with white grotesques-head terminals characteristic of Parisian illuminators. Eight initials are historiated: 1r (Prologue) Jerome at his desk; 4r (Genesis) Six days of Creation and Crucifixion; 103v (1 Samnuel) Elkana and Anne praying; 226r (Psalms) Beatus vir with David and his harp; 252r (Proverbs) Solomon instructs Rehoboam; 290r (Isaiah) The prophet cut with a saw; 409r (Matthew) The tree of Jesse; 453v (Romans) Paul with his sword. Rubrications.
  • -  Bond, W.H. Supplement to the Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 160
  • -  Schutzner, S. Medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in the Library of Congress, 3
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 3
  • -  Library of Congress. Rosenwald Collection (1954), 3
  • -  LC copy: Inscription on front flyleaf: Alexander Campbell, Hariette Campbell August 20, 1855.
  • -  LC copy: Binding: Modern binding in brown morocco gold-stamped and blind tooled. Pastedowns replaced by vellum framed in gold-tooled morocco. Parchment leaves trimmed and guilded.
  • -  Formerly identified as Rosenwald ms. no. 31
  • -  LAC ddw 2023-03-14 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 551 leaves, parchment : illustrations ; 13.5 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Rosenwald 3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020657200

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Biblia Latina. [France, 13th century, 1200] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020657200/.

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