Newberry Library, VAULT oversize box Case MS Fragment 62

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS17873

Shelfmark:

VAULT oversize box Case MS Fragment 62

Title:

Bohun Bible fragments

Bible

Place:

England, East Anglia

England TGN

East Anglia TGN

Date:

approximately 1350

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, illustrations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 4 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 450 x 320 (310 x 205) mm

Note:

Manuscript fragments.
Title devised by cataloger.
"Numbered in red 270, 337, 366 and 400, of a ms. of which other ff. are in the Chicago Art Institute and in the C. L. Ricketts coll."--De Ricci.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 22 lines; ruled lead point; prickings in outer margin.
Script: Written in gothic textura in brown ink.
Decoration: fol. 270v: Three line illuminated inital "E" with leaves in center, salmon pink, blue, and gold outer bar border ending in ivy leaves; fol. 337v: Three line illuminated inital "D" inhabited, salmon pink, blue, and gold outer border ending in leaves; fol. 366r: Three line illuminated inital "N" inhabited, center margin bar border ending in leaves; fol. 336v: Three line illuminated...
Origin: Written in East Anglia, possibly Cambridge, in about 1350. May have been part of a lectern Bible for a Carmelite house in Chester endowed by the Black Prince, son of Edward III, in 1353-1358.

Keyword:

fragments (object portions)

textura (Gothic script)

manuscripts (documents)

illuminated manuscripts

Bible

Translations

Latin language

Early works

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Institutional Record:

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma999714708805867

IIIF Manifest:

https://collections.newberry.org/IIIF3/Presentation/Manifest/2KXJ8ZSJCOUJE?WS

Holding Institution:

Newberry Library