Saint Louis University, VFL MS 056

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10047

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 056

Title:

Bible, imperfect

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

ca. 1225-1250].

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 236, ii leaves : parchment ; 150 x 100 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Savage, John A., Jr., approximately 1832-1864

John A. Savage Jr. WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. codex.
Text includes all the Marcionite prologues for the Epistles of Paul, but is missing the Omnes prologue by Gilbert de la Poireé́ for the Apocalypse.
Layout: Written in double columns of 42 lines; rulings for rubrics forms a triangular space, left blank at major divisions in the text.
Script: Gothic textualis.
Binding: Restored, dark brown leather, blind-tooled with classical portrait medallions; decorative metal cornerpieces and remnants of two metal clasps; collation in quires of 16. Note that manuscript has been badly rebound and contents are incomplete and out of order.
Decoration: At chapter headings, large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and greenish-blue penwork; smaller initials in alternating red and blue; chapter numbers in red and blue in the outer margins; spaces for rubrics left blank.
Origin: Written in England ca. 1225-50; attribution made in consultation with Laura Light.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 056.
Formerly owned by John A. Savage, Jr. (ca.1832-1864) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Keyword:

Gothic scripts

Leather bindings

Blind tooled bindings

manuscripts (documents)

Bibles

illuminated manuscripts

Furniture

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Bible

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3411323x

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS056_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University