Boston Public Library, MS q Med.76
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS3544
- Shelfmark:
- MS q Med.76
- Title:
- Bible historiale].
- Place:
- England]
- Date:
- ca. 1430
- Language:
- In French
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 340 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 196 x 135 (137 x 91) mm bound to 21 cm, in box 24 cm
- Former Owner(s):
- Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907
E.P. Goldschmidt & Co
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Secundo folio: ...cham et abel.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (modern parchment) + 340 + i (modern parchment) ; 1-148 156 16-368 378−3 (lacking three leaves before fol. 295. In his notes tipped into the front of the volume, Gibbs records that there are only two leaves missing), 388+1 (fol. 305 may be a tipped-in singleton), 39-438. The bifolium 176/181 is bound out of order and should be switched with 175/182; in other words...
Layout: 2 columns, 32 lines. Bounding and writing lines in red plummet.
Script: Written in a gothic cursive in black ink with red rubrics.
Decoration: Gold paragraph initials throughout with purple filigree or blue with red filigree; 1-line initials in chapter lists alternating gold with purple filigree or blue with red; 2-line initials throughout in gold on blue and red or red and green panel with vines and leaves into margin, typically English color palette of pastel green and pink; 5-line historiated initials in gold and...
Binding: 20th-century vellum over boards, title written on spine in alternating red and black capitals, "LA BIBLE/ EN FRANCOYS"
Origin: Written in England in Anglo-Norman French around the year 1430; although written in French, the orthography suggests an English origin. Orthographic variants aside, the text is identical to that preserved in Paris, B.N. fr. 9562 (see S. Berger, Bible française au moyen-âge, p. 351), although the B.N. manuscript is slightly earlier and includes the prophets and New Testament. The text...
Provenance: Effaced inscription dated 1580 on fol. 118v. 18th-century signature "Benjamin" on fol. 294v. Owned by Henry Hucks Gibbs, Lord Aldenham (1819-1907), his bookplate inside front cover and typescript notes (April 7, 1889) tipped-in at front; his sale at Sotheby's London, 22 March 1937, lot 24, to Goldschmidt; Goldschmidt catalogue 44, no. 3, two-page description bound-in at front.
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from E.P. Goldschmidt, March 1938.
Call number: MS q Med.76.
Former call number: MS 1482.
Bibliography: "A Norman Manuscript of the Old Testament," More Books/BPL Quarterly XIV (1939): 21-22. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.mbln.org/Polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=12.1033.0.0.5&pos=1&cn=8444911
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/w95086582/manifest
- Holding Institution:
