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ff. 1-679: [Bible]: f. 1, added coat of arms; f. 1v blank. ff. 2-498: Old Testament. ff. 498v-633: New Testament. ff. 634-679: Interpretations of Hebrew Names. f. 679 verso, blank. Bible in the usual order as described by Ker, MMBL 1:96-97 regarding London, Lambeth Palace, MS 1364, but without the Psalms; the prayer of Manasses follows 2 Paralipomenon after 3 prologues placed here out of sequence; 3 Ezra (= Stegmüller 94, 1) occurs in its normal position; the prayer of Solomon follows Ecclesiasticus; the letter to the Laodiceans follows Colossians; there are 97 prologues; variant readings in the margins introduced by"vel" or"aliter." Latin Bible written in Italy, perhaps Bologna, in the first half of the fourteenth century. ff. 1-679 verso. Support: Parchment. Layout: 1¹⁶(+1) 2-5¹⁶ 6-9¹² 10¹⁰(through f. 138) 11-18¹²(through f. 233) 19⁶ 20-21¹⁰(through f. 259) 22-23¹² 24⁸(through f. 291) 25-29¹⁶ 30-39¹² 40⁸ 41-48¹⁶ 49⁶(through f. 633) 50-53¹⁰ 54⁸(-7, 8). Catchwords in inside lower margin, most in brown ink frames. 2 columns of 43-45 lines; 3 columns of 44 lines in the Interpretationes. Ruled in lead, single bounding lines; additional double rule in the 3 outer margins and a single rule close to the fore edge. Slash prick marks visible in the outer and lower margins of some leaves. Written in round Italian gothic scripts by several scribes. Decoration: Seventy-five historiated initials, usually 9-line, opening most books of the Bible and a few of the prologues, in Bolognese style, with dark tones of blue, olive green, maroon, red, beige and ochre; stylized acanthus leaf extensions into the margins; frequent, but mostly illegible, notes to the illuminator in the margins. Initials to the prologues, 8- to 3-line (usually 4-line), as stylized vegetation in the same colors; 2-line initials outside the written space, alternating blue with good red flourishing or red with purple; on ff. 234-258, 2-line initials with hurried flourishing in blue on red initials or vice versa. Contemporary corrections throughout. On f. 1, added probably in the eighteenth century, a full page painting of an arch from which hangs a red banner inscribed, "Veteris Novique Testamenti Libri [sic] Omnes in dono accepi ab Ill.mo ac Rev.mo Viro D. G. Vicecomiti"; below the banner, 2 putti supporting the Visconti arms. Added at the same time, f. 2, a U-shaped border in colors with 3 roundels of Christ in the outer margin and the Visconti arms in the lower. 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 in late 18th century English red morocco; gilt edges. HM 1084. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. ii + 679 (+77 bis, 182 bis) + ii : parchment ; 203 x 267 mm.
Belonged to a member of the Visconti family of Milan in the eighteenth century; their arms added on ff. 1, 2, when the book was given away. The added ex libris"G. Visconti" also appears in a fourteenth century New Testament (Oxford, Bod. Lib., Canonici Bibl. Lat. 18). Possibly in the collection of Gerardo Sagredo of Venice, ca. 1710, and to be identified with n. 31 of his printed catalogue (ca. 1745):"Biblia Sacra eleganter scripta in 4 in membrana." In a French bookseller's catalogue; slip in Library files. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Bierstadt (1895) p. 12 ; Cat. (1909) p. 8 ; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2117 to G. D. Smith.
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