• [Bible].

KEYWORDS:

• France

Extent:

• 440 leaves : parchment ; 260 x 180 mm.

Date:

• 1250-1260

Language:

• Latin

Contents:

• fols. 1r-322v: Old Testament (Genesis to Maccabees II)
• fols. 322v-403r: (Matthew to Revelation)
• fol. 403v: Table of Contents listing books of the Bible.
• fols. 404r-439v: Interpretationes hebraicorum nominum.

Description:

• Ms. codex.
• Decoration: 2 large and 82 small historiated initials.
• Origin: Written in France in the 13th century.

Binding note:

• Dark-blue morocco; with rows of gold stars on back by Clyde, 9 Newman St.

Provenance:

• Traces of two oval stamps; has Gugliemo Libri's false Escorial inscription; the Earl of Ashburnham Collection; his sale (London, 1899, no. 42) to John Henry Ellis.

Former owner:

• Libri, Guillaume, 1803-1869
• Ellis, John Henry, 1840-1912

Contributor:

• Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 7.

References:

• De Ricci, p. 2121, no. 7

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934901833506421