Ohio University, ege-13

Images provided by hosting institution via

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30486

Shelfmark:

ege-13

Title:

Ege leaf 13: Vulgate Bible, England, 1200s

Bible

Place:

England;Oxford

England TGN

Oxford TGN

Date:

1200s

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 19.75 cm x 13.75 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: initials (layout features); pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features); columns (layout features); marginalia (annotations);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 13. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
ENGLAND (Oxford)
middle XIIIth century
Latin text, angular Gothic script, Oxford Bible (Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE. It is usually difficult to distinguish the miniature or portable Bibles made by the young Dominican friars in England from those written in France
At times the colophon tells us that a book was executed in the Sorbonne, the newly founded school of theology in Paris, or in the University Center at Oxford
The Dominican order was founded in 1216 A.D. and soon spread all over Europe
About 1219 A.D., King Alexander of Scotland met St.Dominic in Paris and persuaded him to send some members of his brotherhood to Scotland
From here they spread to England
The original master text was carelessly transcribed again and again
It may even have been incorrectly copied from the Alcuinian text written for Charlemagne
Therefore, "correctories" had to be made
In the latter part of the XIIlth century, Roger Bacon condemned unsparingly manuscripts which, although they were skillfully and beautifully written, transmitted inaccuracies of text.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Bible

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/59

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:59/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University