Bible : Old and New Testament : in Latin

Item Information

Title:
Bible : Old and New Testament : in Latin
Title (uniform):
Bible. Latin. Vulgate
Creator:
Catholic Church
Former owner:
King, William, 1650-1729
Date:
[ca. 1250]
Format:
Manuscripts
Books
Genre:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England
Manuscripts, Medieval--England
Marginalia
Inscriptions
Bibles
Wooden boards
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
England
Extent:
376 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 226 x 160 (150 x 45, 10, 43) mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/jd479593b
Terms of Use:
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No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[England]
Language:
Latin
Table of Contents:
1. fol. 1. [General prologue] Frater ambrosius [Stegmüller 284]
2. fol. 2v: [Prologue to Genesis] Desiderii mei [Stegmüller 285]
3. fol. 3: Genesis.
4. fol. 16: Exodus.
5. fol. 27: Leviticus.
6. fol. 34v: Numbers.
7. fol. 44v: Deuteronomy.
8. fol. 54: [Prologue to Joshua] Tandem finito [Stegmüller 311]
9. fol. 54v: Joshua.
10. fol. 61: Judges.
11. fol. 68: Ruth.
12. fol. 69: [Prologue to 1 Kings] Viginti et duas [Stegmüller 323]
13. fol. 69v: 1 Kings.
14. fol. 78v: 2 Kings.
15. fol. 86v: 3 Kings.
16. fol. 97v: 4 Kings.
17. fol. 107: [Prologue to 1 Chronicles] [Si] Septuaginta interpretum [Stegmüller 328]
18. fol. 107v: 1 Chronicles.
19. fol. 115v: 2 Chronicles.
20. fol. 126v: [Appendix to 2 Chronicles, Prayer of Menasseh] Domine omnipotens [Stegmüller 93.2]
21. fol. 126v: [Prologue to Ezra] Utrum difficilius [Stegmüller 330]
22. fol. 127: 1 Ezra.
23. fol. 130: Nehemiah.
24. fol. 134: 2 Ezra.
25. fol. 139: [Prologue to Tobit] Chromatio et heliodoro ... Mirari non desino [Stegmüller 332]
26. fol. 139: Tobit.
27. fol. 142: [Prologue to Judith] Apud herodes [Stegmüller 335]
28. fol. 142v: Judith.
29. fol. 146v: [Prologue to Esther] Librum hester [Stegmüller 341 and 343 written as one prologue]
30. fol. 146v: Esther.
31. fol. 150: [Prologue to Maccabees] Machabeorum libri [Stegmüller 551]
32. fol. 150: 1 Maccabees.
33. fol. 159v: 2 Maccabees.
34. fol. 167: [Prologues to Job] Cogor per singulos [Stegmüller 344]; Si aut fiscellam [Stegmüller 357]
35. fol. 167: Job.
36. fol. 174: Psalms [8-partite division]
37. fol. 193-198: missal, temporale (highly abbreviated)
38. fol. 198v: blank.
39. fol. 199: [Prologue to Isaiah] Nemo cum prophetas [Stegmüller 482]
40. fol. 199: Isaiah.
41. fol. 212: [Prologue to Jeremiah] Ieremias prophetam [Stegmüller 487]
42. fol. 212v: Jeremiah.
43. fol. 227v: Baruch.
44. fol. 229: [Prologue to Ezekiel] Ezechiel propheta [Stegmüller 492]
45. fol. 229: Ezekiel.
46. fol. 242v: [Prologue to Daniel] Danielem prophetam [Stegmüller 494]
47. fol. 243: Daniel.
48. fol. 249: [Prologue to Minor Prophets] Non idem ordo est [Stegmüller 500]
49. fol. 249v: Hosea.
50. fol. 251v: [Prologue to Joel] Sanctus Ioel [Stegmüller 511]
51. fol. 251v: Joel.
52. fol. 252: [Prologues to Amos] Ozias rex [Stegmüller 515] Amos propheta [Stegmüller 512] Hic amos [Stegmüller 513]
53. fol. 252v: Amos.
54. fol. 254: [Prologue to Obadiah] Iacob patriarcha ... and Hebrei hunc... sonat aliquid [Stegmüller 519 and 517 written as one prologue.
55. fol. 250v: Obadiah.
56. fol. 250v: [Prologue to Jonah] Sanctum ionam [Stegmüller 524]
57. fol. 250v: Jonah.
58. fol. 251: [Prologue to Micah] Temporibus ioathe [Stegmüller 526]; Michaeas de Morasti [Stegmüller 525]
59. fol. 255v: Micah.
60. fol. 256v: [Prologue to Nahum] Naum prophetam [Stegmüller 528]
61. fol. 256v: Nahum.
62. fol. 257: [Prologue to Habakkuk] Quatuor prohete [Stegmüller 531]
63. fol. 257v: Habakkuk.
64. fol. 258: [Prologue to Zephaniah] Tradunt hebrei [Stegmüller 534]
65. fol. 258v: Zephaniah.
66. fol. 259: [Prologue to Haggai] Ieremias propheta [Stegmüller 538]
67. fol. 259v: Haggai.
68. fol. 259v: [Prologue to Zachariah] Anno secundo [Stegmüller 539]
69. fol. 260: [Prologue to Zachariah] Zacharias memor Domini [Stegmüller 540]
70. fol. 260: Zachariah.
71. fol. 262: [Prologues to Malachi] Deus per moysen [Stegmüller 543]; Malachias [aperte et] in fine omnium [Stegmüller 544]
72. fol. 263: [Prologue to Proverbs] Iungat epistola [Stegmüller 457]
73. fol. 263: Proverbs.
74. fol. 269: Ecclesiastes.
75. fol. 271v: Song of Songs.
76. fol. 272v: Wisdom.
77. fol. 276v: [Biblical introduction to Ecclesiasticus written as a prologue] Multorum nobis.
78. fol. 276v: Ecclesiasticus.
79. fol. 288-288v: Instructions for a priest.
80. fol. 289: [Prologues to Matthew] Beatissime damaso...novum opus facere [Stegmüller 595 var.]; Plures fuisse qui [Stegmüller 596]; Matheus ex Iudaeis sicut in ordine ... intelligendam ... [Stegmüller 590]
81. fol. 290: Matthew.
82. fol. 301: [Prologue to Mark] Marcus euangelista [Stegmüller 607]
83. fol. 301v: Mark.
84. fol. 307v: [Prologue to Luke] [Luke 1-1-4, here copied as a prologue]; Lucas natione syrus [Stegmüller 620]
85. fol. 308: Luke.
86. fol. 317v: [Prologue to John] Hic est Iohannes [Stegmüller 624]
87. fol. 317v: John.
88. fol. 324: [Prologue to Romans] Primum quaeritur [Stegmüller 670]
89. fol. 324v: Romans.
90. fol. 328: 1 Corinthians.
91. fol. 331v: 2 Corinthians.
92. fol. 334: Galatians.
93. fol. 335: Ephesians.
94. fol. 336: Philippians.
95. fol.337: Colossians.
96. fol. 337v: 1 Thessalonians.
97. fol. 338v: 2 Thessalonians.
98. fol. 339: 1 Timothy.
99. fol. 339v: 2 Timothy.
100. fol. 340v: Titus.
101. fol. 341: Philemon.
102. fol. 341: Hebrews.
103. fol. 343v: [Prologues to Acts, here written as the final verses of Hebrews] Canit Psalmista [Stegmüller 633]; Lucas natione syrus [Stegmüller 640]
104. fol. 344: Acts.
105. fol. 353v: James.
106. fol. 354v: 1 Peter.
107. fol. 355v: 2 Peter.
108. fol. 356: 1 John.
109. fol. 357: 2 John.
110. fol. 357: 3 John.
111. fol. 357: Jude.
112. fol. 357v: [Prologue to Apocalypse] Iohannes apostolus et evangelista [Stegmüller 835]
113. fol. 357v: Apocalypse, ends "...omnibus nobis amen."
114. fol. 362v: blank.
115. fol. 363-376: Interpretation of Hebrew Names Aaz apprehendens.../... Zuzim consiliantes eos vel consiliatores eorum [Stegmüller 7709]
116. fol. 376v: blank.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
Origin: Written in England in the mid-thirteenth century. Light dates to Southern France, ca. 1225-1250.
Notes (ownership):
Provenance: Early notes on fol. 376v scraped away, not legible under ultraviolet light. Later owned by Archbishop William King of Derry (1650-1729), ex libris on fol. 1. Early/contemporary marginal annotations throughout.
Notes (acquisition):
Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased from Maggs in 1964.
Notes (object):
Secundo folio: ... spiritualia regna descripsit ...
Collation: Parchment, fol v (first two modern paper, followed by three early parchment leaves) + 376 + v (three parchment leaves, followed by two modern paper leaves) ; 1-13¹² 14¹⁰ 15⁸ 16-17¹² 18-21¹² 22¹⁶ 23¹² 24¹⁴ 25-29¹² 30¹²⁺² (fol. 361 and 362 are singletons) 31¹⁴ ; catchwords extant in lower margin of the final verso of some quires. Modern pencil arabic foliation, upper outer corner each page.
Layout: 2 columns, 62 lines (index is 4 columns of 83 lines). Bounding and writing lines in black ink; bounding lines full-length, upper, lower and center writing lines full-length.
Script: Written in a minute early gothic textualis libraria in black ink rubricated in red (chapter numbers in margin, epigraphic capitals alternating red and blue letters).
Decoration: 8- to 12-line puzzle initials throughout in red and blue with red and blue penwork filigree into margins; "In principio" initial (fol. 3) full height of left margin and width of lower margin; Psalms and prologues begin with 3-line initials in blue with red or vice versa, marginal penwork extending full height of margin; those on fol. 289-301 (beginning of NT) later additions.
Binding: Ca. 17th-century vellum over boards, blind-fillet covers, spine in compartments, old paper pastedowns and conjugates plus a free flyleaf, at front and back, followed by three parchment flyleaves.
Notes (bibliography):
Bibliography: Light, Laura. "The Thirteenth-Century Pandect and the Liturgy: Bibles with Missals." In "Form and Function in the Late Medieval Bible," edited by Eyal Poleg and Laura Light, 185-215. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2013.
Notes (language):
In Latin.
Identifier:
06_01_018713
Call #:
RARE BKS MS q Med.202
Barcode:
39999090789106