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Description
ff. 1-671; f. 671v blank. [Bible]. Latin. ff. 1-494, Old Testament; ff. 494-619, New Testament; ff. 620-671, Interpretations of Hebrew Names. In the usual order for thirteenth century French bibles and with the common set of 64 prologues, as described by Ker, MMBL 1:96-97 regarding London, Lambeth Palace, MS 1364. Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Gothic. Layout: 1²² 2²⁴ 3-4²² 5²⁴(-24; no loss of text) 6²⁴ 7-8²² 9-10²⁴ 11²⁸ 12⁶ 13¹⁴(-14; no loss of text) 14²⁸(+ a leaf in the second half, possibly the last; this quire contains the psalter) 15-17²⁴ 18²⁶ 19²⁴ 20²⁶(-25; no loss of text) 21²⁴ 22²⁶(-23; no loss of text) 23-25²⁶ 26²² 27¹⁸ 28-29²⁶. 2 columns of 44 lines, ruled in lead, double rule across the upper margin for the running headlines; slash prick marks visible in some lower margins. Decoration: Eleven 7- to 4-line historiated initials, with border extensions in blue, maroon, orange and gold and containing an animal. Other Decoration: 7- to 3-line initials in white-patterned blue and dusky pink with touches of orange and gold, many with partial borders which sometimes include biting animal heads. A"cor." note on f. 254. Attribution by Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 78, 216 to the Soissons atelier. Assigned Date: s. XIIImed. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 2/6/2012. 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. XIXex, in blind tooled black morocco by E. Pouget, with doublures of red morocco gold tooled in a geometric pattern; gilt edges. HM 1070. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Historiated initials France 13th century. (aat) Decorated initials France 13th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
A seventeenth or eighteenth century hand has noted on f. v verso,"Scripta fuit haec biblia per do. dalmat. religios. piperac anno domini 1344 [sic] 25 julii"; in the sixteenth century a note was added,"Biblia sacra manuscripta antiquissima ad usum fratrum capucinorum conventus Thiernensis"; Pébrac is in the Haute-Loire, Thiers in Puy-de-Dôme. Belonged to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) of New York; his sale, Anderson, New York, 10 November 1919, n. 106 to G. D. Smith.
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