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Bible, Genesis (fragment)
Title
Bible, Genesis (fragment).
Created
France or Switzerland, [between 1150 and 1199].
Physical Description
ff. 1-2 : parchment ; 422 x 340 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: written in two sizes of gothic bookhand (littera textualis).
Decoration: the preface on fol. 2r begins with a 10-line decorated initial "D" in red interlace on a green geometric ground with a blue ground for the central portion of the vine stem; the text of Genesis begins with a half-page decorated initial "I" in the same style; 1-line initials in the prefatory material are occasionally red; line fillers are in red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; accents added by a later hand; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Robert G. Babcock, Lisa Fagin Davis, and Philip G. Rusche.
Provenance
The fragment was used as the outside wrapper for the binding of another volume; gift of the Yale University Library Associates; purchased from Kraus in 1948.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Genesis and Jerome's Epistula ad Paulinum.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 28, 2016
References
Bible, Genesis (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Bible, Genesis (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - France - 12th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - Switzerland - 12th century.
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