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Uniform Title:
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Bible. Latin. Free Library of Philadelphia. Manuscript. Lewis E 28
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Title:
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[Bible].
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Publication Information:
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Paris, [ca. 1270].
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Physical Description:
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659 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 156 x 100 mm.
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General Note:
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, ff. iii + 653 + iii [modern parchment flyleaves]
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 48 lines, ruled in lead; textblock: 113 x 68 mm.
Script: Written in gothic bookhand (libraria).
Decoration: 7 historiated initials; 5-7 line illuminated or pen-flourished initials at beginning of each book, some inhabited; alternating red and blue initials, running titles throughout. Corrections, notations, and marginal drawings by contemporary hands throughout. Illuminated by the Mathurin atelier.
Shelfmark: Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, MS Lewis E 28.
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Contents:
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1. fol. 1r-596r: Vulgate Bible in usual order, with prologues (Ezra II entitled "Nehemiah", and Ezra III entitled "Esra II") "[rubr.] Frater ambrosius michi tua munuscula perferens detulit ..."
2. fol. 597r-653r: Alphabetical interpretation of Hebrew names. Explicit: "... Zuzim consiliantes eos v[e]l co[n]siliatories eor[um]."
3. 53v: Notes and finding aids in Medieval cursive hands generally regarding contents.
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Summary:
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Bible arranged in usual order with prologues. Interpretations of Hebrew names appended.
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Title Subject:
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Bible. Latin. Vulgate. 13th century.
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Subject Term:
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Manuscripts, Latin Medieval and modern Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic France Paris.
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Added Author:
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Mathurin atelier.
Lewis, John Frederick,
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Added Author:
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Free Library of Philadelphia.
Free Library of Philadelphia.
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