Layout: 2 columns, 48 lines Decoration: 8-line puzzle initial "L" in blue and red, and running titles and marginal chapter numbers in red Ruled faintly in plummet Guide numbers in plummet next to original marginal chapter numbers Prickings in exterior margin Foliated "149" in pencil in upper right corner of recto Use of simple punctus throughout for punctuation Later correction/revision of chapter numbers in black ink (not always correct) Provenance: Formerly the property of Otto Ege, Cleveland, OH. Ege broke this manuscript and distributed a protion of its folios as part of his portfolio set, Original Leaves from Famous Bibles, Nine Centuries 1121-1935 AD, Series B. See Scott Gwara, Otto Ege’s Manuscripts, HL 59 II Esdras (Nehemiah) 11:11-13:30, Prologue to Hester (Stegmüller 341) Incipit: maranoth filius achitab principes domus dei et fratres eorum Explicit: time / mus quoniam deus dissipat ossa eorum qui hominibus placere desiderant et secundum
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