Vassar College, Scheetz MS. 28

Metadata

DS ID:

DS29202

Shelfmark:

Scheetz MS. 28

Title:

Leaf from the 'Bohun Bible'

Bible

Bohun Bible

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

between 1325 and 1375

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment, ill., illuminations

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment, ill., illuminations ; 451 x 295 (315 x 208) mm

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title from Kidd.
Layout: Written in two columns of 22 lines; ruled.
Script: Written in formal gothic script.
Decoration: 2-line initial 'O' in gold on blue and pink background with with ornament and foliate branches extending from top and bottom; smaller symbol in gold on blue background with white ornament.
Origin: Written in England, East Anglia or perhaps Cambridge, during the middle of the 14th century.
Foliated '17' in pale red ink, probably 18th or 19th century.
Philip J. Pirages, book dealer of McMinnville, OR, with inventory number 'ST2778-0132 in pencil on lower right corner of verso; King Alfred's Notebook, Cayce, SC (2015?); Nicholas B. Scheetz (2015)

Keyword:

Gothic scripts

Manuscripts

Illumination of books and manuscripts, English

Fourteenth century

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

England

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://vassar.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01VAC_INST/al3g85/alma991019343815107396

Holding Institution:

Vassar College