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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30489

Shelfmark:

ege-44

Title:

Ege leaf 44: Vulgate Bible, Germany, 1400s

Bible

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 41.5 cm x 27 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);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 44. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
GERMANY
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Semi-Gothic Script
Bible
(Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
The Vulgate Bible, a translation credited to St.Jerome, was adopted by the Catholic Church as the authorized version
This leaf was written in Germany nearly sixty years after the invention of printing by movable type
Its semi-gothic book hand is very similar to the type-faces used by the early printers
The numerous contractions and marks of abbreviation have been inserted boldly, but the little strokes which were added to help identify the letters i and u are barely visible
The new art of printing concerned itself at once with the printing of Bibles of folio size, in Latin as well as the vernacular
In Germany, prior to the discovery of America, twelve printed editions of the Bible appeared in the German language and many others in Latin
An oversupply developed, and more than one printer of Bibles was forced into bankruptcy.
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/187

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:187/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University