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ff. 1-316; f. 316v blank; ff. 1-394v. [Bible]. Latin. Vol. I, ff. 1-316, Old Testament through Job. Vol. II, ff. 1-206, Old Testament beginning with Psalms; ff. 260v-394v, New Testament, ending defectively at Apocalypse 6, 9. As compared with London, Lambeth Palace, MS 1364 described by Ker, MMBL 1:96-97, this manuscript includes the letter to the Laodiceans, has 2 additional prologues (Deuteronomy and John); it breaks defectively in Apocalypse 6, 9. Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Gothic. Layout: Vol. I: 1-26¹² 27⁶(-5, 6) Vol. II: 1-3¹²(through f. 36) 4-6¹² 7-9¹⁴ 10-20¹² 21¹⁴(through f. 260) 22-25¹² 26¹⁴ 27-32¹². Catchwords in a small noting hand in the inside lower margin. 2 columns of 40 lines (except vol. II, ff. 261-281 in 40 long lines). Ruled in lead with the top and bottom 2 lines full across, as usually are the 16th, 17th, 24th and 25th lines; additional double rule in the 3 outer margins, often trimmed away; slash prick marks in the 3 outer margins, often trimmed away. Other Decoration: Parted red and blue initials with flourishing in both colors, 10- to 5-line for the books of the bible, and 4- or 3-line for the prologues. In vol. I, 1-line initials alternating red and blue for the chapters; in vol. II, 2-line initials alternating red and blue with flourishing of the other color for the chapters. In vol. II, ff. 37-53v (Prov. and Ecclesiastes, quires 4-5) and ff. 261-394v (New Testament, quires 22-32): 7- to 5-line initials in red with red and brown flourishing for the books; 2-line initials in red with brown flourishing for the prologues. Assigned Date: s. XIIImed. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 2/11/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound, s. XVIII1, in tan calf with the arms of the Abbey of Parc stamped in gold on front and back; in compartments on the spine, 2 reddish-brown morocco labels with the title Biblia Sacra and the volume number stamped in gold; red speckled edges; arms rubbed out in 1829 at the sale of the books. HM 1075. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
Vol. I: ff. 316; Vol. II: ff. 394 : parchment ; 142 x 221 mm.
Belonged to the Premonstratensian abbey of Parc near Louvain at least by the fourteenth century, when a note of ownership was inscribed in vol. I, f. 316,"Explicit liber sancte marie de parcho." Not identified in the inventory of Parc books complied by the abbot Jean Maes in 1635-36 for publication in A. Sanderus, Bibliotheca Belgica Manuscripta (Lille 1641-43/44; rep. London 1967 and Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, no special 7, Brussels 1972) 2:162-75. During the first half of the eighteenth century the Parc books were rebound in a characteristic tan calf, stamped with the abbey's arms; of the 2 stamps used, the larger, more ornate stamp was placed on HM 1075. At the same time, another ownership note was done, vol. I, f. 1, lower margin,"Liber Bibliothecae Parcensis [effaced in 1829]; Biblia Sacra ab initio usque ad Job inclusive pars prima; 111 G [?]." Sale of the Parc library, Louvain, 28 October 1829. See E. Van Balberghe,"Les Critères de Provenance des Manuscrits de Parc," Archives et Bibliothèques de Belgique, no special, Contribution à l'Histoire des Bibliothèques et de la Lecture aux Pays-Bas avant 1600 (Brussels 1974). On the front pastedown, a repair note dated August 1835 and signature of John Lee (born Fiott; 1783-1866) of Hartwell House near Aylesbury, Bucks. The endpapers in both volumes were apparently inserted at the time of the repair, since another set seems to be visible beneath them, and since the eighteenth century Parc pressmark, normally on the front pastedown, is no longer visible, not even under Lee's armorial ex libris: quarterly, 1 and 4, azure 2 bars or, a bend counter-compony gules and or (Lee; Rietstap , vol. 4, pl. 38 ), 2 and 3, azure a chevron charged with an anchor sable between 3 lozenges or (Fiott); Lee pressmark"Doctors Commons N. 11/93." Lee sale, Sotheby's, 8 November 1888, n. 97 to Ridler. John Lee owned at least 2 other books from Parc abbey: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Library, MS 374, Peraldus ( Belgium, s. XIII) and a book in the Lee sale, Sotheby's, 8 November 1888, lot 59,"Aquaevilla de dominicis et festis" (Belgium, dated 1340).
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