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Title

Biblia sacra

Other related names

• Hinely, John, former owner
• Todd, Albert May, 1850-1931, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1053
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9940245653503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84695000
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4024565

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

12--

Place

England?

Summary

Bible in 2 volumes (Old and New Testament) with prologues. The Interpretation of Hebrew names (in the same hand as the Bible) and highly abbreviated capitula lists for most of the Old Testament (in a slightly larger, less formal hand) follow the New Testament.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine.
   
• Forms part of: Yarnall Collection.
   

Extent

2 v. (360, 140 leaves) : 149 x 102 (99 x 73) mm. bound to 160 x 113 mm

Foliation

V.1: Parchment, 360; 1-97a, 97b-359; V.2: Parchment, 140; 1-121a, 121b-128a, 128b-138; modern pencil foliation, lower left verso.

Support

Parchment

Binding

Stamped leather with remnants of two braided leather ties on the lower cover of each volume.

Layout

Bible written in 2 columns of 50 lines; Interpretation of Names written in 3 columns of 50 lines; capitula lists written in 3 columns of 46-49 lines.

Decoration

Puzzle initials at the beginning of each book, with flourishing, and three with faces as part of their ornamentation (v. 1, f. 1r, 3v; v. 2, f. 1r); red and blue minor initials, with contrasting flourishing; red and blue running titles and chapter numeration. The use of teal for the contrasting flourishing of red initials suggests English origins. There are a number of errors in the rubrication.

Script

Written in a Gothic script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by John Hinely (signature, v. 1, f. 32r).
   
• Formerly owned by Albert May Todd (bookplate, v.1, inside upper cover).
   
• Yarnall Library of Theology, St. Clement's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.) (bookplate, v.1, f. i recto); pencil note on the page before the text in each volume suggests the Yarnall Library acquired the Bible from Albright in 1942 (f. iii recto).
   
• Deposited with the Yarnall Library at the University of Pennsylvania, 1974.
   

Genres

• Codices
• Bible
• Illuminated manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Medieval
• Manuscripts, Latin--13th century

Keywords

• 13th century
• Bible
• Biblical
• Illumination
• England
• Christian

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r (V.1) — Prologue, f. 1r (V.1)
• fol. 3v (V.1) — Genesis, f. 3v (V.1)
• fol. 20v (V.1) — Exodus, f. 20v (V.1)
• fol. 35v (V.1) — Leviticus, f. 35v (V.1)
• fol. 46r (V.1) — Numbers, f. 46r (V.1)
• fol. 60v (V.1) — Deuteronomy, f. 60v (V.1)
• fol. 73v (V.1) — Joshua, f. 73v (V.1)
• fol. 82v (V.1) — Judges, f. 82v (V.1)
• fol. 91v (V.1) — Ruth, f. 91v (V.1)
• fol. 92v (V.1) — Prologue to Kings 1, f. 92v (V.1)
• fol. 93v (V.1) — Kings 1, f. 93v (V.1)
• Front cover (V.2) — Volume 2, Front cover (V.2)
• fol. 1r (V.2) — Prologue and Book of Matthew, f. 1r (V.2)
• fol. 13r (V.2) — Prologue to Mark, f. 13r (V.2)
• fol. 13v (V.2) — Mark, f. 13v (V.2)
• fol. 21v (V.2) — Prologue and Book of Luke, f. 21v (V.2)
• fol. 34v (V.2) — Prologue to John, f. 34v (V.2)
• fol. 35r (V.2) — John, f. 35r (V.2)
• fol. 44v (V.2) — Prologue to the Epistles of Paul, f. 44v (V.2)
• fol. 45r (V.2) — Prologue and Epistle to the Romans, f. 45r (V.2)
• fol. 50r (V.2) — Prologue and Epistle to the Corinthians 1, f. 50r (V.2)
• fol. 55r (V.2) — Corinthians 2, f. 55r (V.2)
• fol. 58r (V.2) — Galatians, f. 58r (V.2)
• fol. 59v (V.2) — Ephesians, f. 59v (V.2)
• fol. 61r (V.2) — Philippians, f. 61r (V.2)
• fol. 62r (V.2) — Colossians, f. 62r (V.2)
• fol. 63v (V.2) — Thessalonians 1, f. 63v (V.2)
• fol. 64v (V.2) — Thessalonians 2, f. 64v (V.2)
• fol. 65r (V.2) — Timothy 1, f. 65r (V.2)
• fol. 66v (V.2) — Timothy 2, f. 66v (V.2)
• fol. 67r (V.2) — Titus, f. 67r (V.2)
• fol. 67v (V.2) — Philemon, f. 67v (V.2)
• fol. 68r (V.2) — Hebrews, f. 68r (V.2)
• fol. 72r (V.2) — Acts, f. 72r (V.2)
• fol. 84r (V.2) — Prologue to the Canonical Epistles, f. 84r (V.2)
• fol. 84v (V.2) — James, f. 84v (V.2)
• fol. 85v (V.2) — Prologue and Epistle to Peter 1 (Chapter 5 of Peter 1, Peter 2, and beginning of John 1 missing), f. 85v (V.2)
• fol. 88v (V.2) — Revelation, f. 88v (V.2)
• fol. 95r (V.2) — Interpretationes nominum hebraicorum, f. 95r (V.2)

Decorations

• Inside front cover (V.1) — Bookplate, Inside front cover (V.1)
• fol. 1r (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial F, f. 1r (V.1)
• fol. 3v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial I, f. 3v (V.1)
• fol. 20v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial H, f. 20v (V.1)
• fol. 35v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial U, f. 35v (V.1)
• fol. 46r (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial L, f. 46r (V.1)
• fol. 60v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial H, f. 60v (V.1)
• fol. 73v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial E, f. 73v (V.1)
• fol. 82v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 82v (V.1)
• fol. 91v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial I, f. 91v (V.1)
• fol. 92v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial U, f. 92v (V.1)
• fol. 93v (V.1) — Puzzle initial, Initial F, f. 93v (V.1)
• Inside front cover (V.2) — Bookplate, Inside front cover (V.2)
• fol. 1r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial L, f. 1r (V.2)
• fol. 13v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial I, f. 13v (V.2)
• fol. 21v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial F, f. 21v (V.2)
• fol. 35r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial I, f. 35r (V.2)
• fol. 45r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 45r (V.2)
• fol. 50r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 50r (V.2)
• fol. 55r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 55r (V.2)
• fol. 58r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 58r (V.2)
• fol. 59v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 59v (V.2)
• fol. 61r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 61r (V.2)
• fol. 62r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 62r (V.2)
• fol. 63v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 63v (V.2)
• fol. 64v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 64v (V.2)
• fol. 65r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 65r (V.2)
• fol. 66v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 66v (V.2)
• fol. 67r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 67r (V.2)
• fol. 67v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 67v (V.2)
• fol. 68r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial M, f. 68r (V.2)
• fol. 72r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 72r (V.2)
• fol. 84v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial I, f. 84v (V.2)
• fol. 85v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 85v (V.2)
• fol. 88v (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial A, f. 88v (V.2)
• fol. 95r (V.2) — Puzzle initial, Initial A, f. 95r (V.2)