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Bible
Uniform Title
Bible. Latin. Vulgate.
Title
[Bible].
Created
[England], [between 1220 and 1240]
Physical Description
520 ff. : parchment ; 240 x 170 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Colophon states that the manuscript was completed on the feast of St. Gregory (March 12).
Script: gothic rotunda book script.
Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red and blue with extensive red and blue penwork decoration.
Byname: Ellesmere Bible.
Binding: deerskin over beech boards, sewn on five split tawed thongs. Made as a chemise binding with the deerskin extending well beyond the covers (now complete on top edges only). Two catches on upper cover preserved; 10 brass bosses, five on each cover (probably fifteenth century).
In Latin.
Provenance
Ex libris the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater Library; ex libris Martin Schøyen (Schøyen MS 692). Purchased from Richard A. Linenthal on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2016.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript, on parchment, containing the complete text of the Bible with prologues by St. Jerome.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
January 30, 2017
References
Bible. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Bible. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Chemises (book coverings) - England - 13th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 13th century.
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