Collection ID: 0023 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Bible

Other related names

• Johannes Grusch Atelier, artist (https://viaf.org/viaf/7661147484258349360009)
• Patou, Johannes, former owner
• Alphonso, Diego, former owner
• Levinson, Harry, former owner

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Lewis E 242
(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)

Publisher

Free Library of Philadelphia

Language

Latin

Origin

Place

France

Summary

This manuscript is a thirteenth-century Bible copied in France, possibly Paris, with the prologues of Jerome and the Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum (Interpretation of Hebrew names). It is written in two columns of textualis script with running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue letters. Its hierarchy of decoration includes historiated initials at a small number of book and psalm divisions; decorated initials at all other book and some other psalm divisions; and flourished initials at chapter divisions and the remaining psalm divisions. The historiated initials are similar to the work of the Johannes Grusch atelier in Paris. Between the Bible and the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, the canticles, creeds, a litany, and a few prayers are written in another hand; an abbreviated Office of the Virgin, in yet another hand, is bound in at the end of the volume after the Interpretation of Hebrew Names. Some textual corrections and notes are written in the margins. Owner signatures and notes are written at the front and back of the volume.

Notes

• Several obits on rear pastedown: Obit i[n]noce[n]ci II xii die septe[m]br[i] a[n]no d[omi]ni mccclxii; obiit petris Cardinalis hispanie . . . mcclxxiiii; obit nepos [?] domini
   

Extent

Iii+447; 175 x 120 mm bound to 185 x 125 mm

Foliation

1-412, i, 413-446; contemporary foliation in ink in roman numerals, lower right recto, often trimmed away; later foliation in ink at lower right corner of recto text; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; references in this record are to modern foliation

Collation

1-20 (20), 21 (10), 22 (20), 23 (15, +1), 24 (2); last four quires uncertain

Support

Parchment

Binding

Fourteenth- or fifteenth-century Spanish brown calf with blind tooling; spine damaged at head and tail; remnants of two clasps

Layout

Written in two columns of fifty-one lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines; edges trimmed; written area: 120 x 83 mm

Decoration

Nine historiated initials similar to the work of the Johannes Grusch atelier in Paris, at the beginning of Genesis (fol. 3v), Psalms (fol. 184v), Proverbs (fol. 204v), Isaiah (fol. 234r), Hosea (fol. 294v), Maccabees I (fol. 310v), Matthew (fol. 328r), Romans (fol. 365r), and Acts (fol. 387v); added illustrations by Spanish hands of episodes from the Infancy Cycle in the bas-de-page on fols. 327v-328r (early 14th century) and 345v-346r (late13th century); illuminated initials in blue, red, pink and pale green; flourished initials throughout; running titles and roman numerals for chapters in alternating red and blue letters

Script

Gothic--textualis

Provenance

• Johannes Patou, Cambrai? (Johannes Patou written five times in various hands on the flyleaf verso; fol. 204v, at the end of the Psalms: Joannes patou me ex urbe opule[n]tissima (trecis?) Cameracum (Cambrai) transtulit; signature, fol. 445v); Diego Alphonso, Spain (fourteenth or fifteenth century, signature, fol. 445v) ; purchased by the Free Library from Harry Levinson (Beverly Hills, California), 1969; several other early inscriptions on f. 445v and rear pastedown
   

Related resources

• Branner, Robert, "The Johannes Grusch Atelier and the Continental Origins of the William of Devon Painter," Art Bulletin 54, no. 1 (March 1972), pp. 24-30.
• Branner, Robert, Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis: A Study of Styles, California Studies in the History of Art 18 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977), pp. 82-86, fig. 216.

Keywords

• Bible
• 13th century
• 14th century
• French
• Spanish
• France
• Spain
• Historiated initial

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Table of contents

• Flyleaf 1 recto — Rubrice biblie
• fol. 1r — Bible; incipit: Frat[er] Ambrosius tua m[ichi] tua munusc[u]la p[er]ferens detulit... [fol. 1r]; explicit: Gr[ati]a D[omi]ni n[ost]ri Ih[es]u [christ]i cu[m] o[mn]ib[us] u[o]b[is] am[en]. Explicit biblia. [fol. 408v]
• fol. 408v — Canticles
• fol. 409r — Creeds, Litany, and Prayers
• fol. 411r — Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum; incipit: Aaz apprehendens ... [fol. 411r]; explicit: Zuzim c[on]siliantes eos vel consiliatores eor[um]. Explicunt int[er] pretatio[n]es bibliotheca[a]e [fol. 444v]
• fol. 445r — Office of the Virgin, Use of Rome; incipit: Die d[o]m[eni]co lune et iovis. Ad matutina D[omi]ne labia mea. ... [fol. 445r]; explicit: Sale regina misericordie. [fol. 446v]

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Historiated initial F, Saint Jerome writing
• fol. 3r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 3v — Historiated initial I, Seven Days of Creation
• fol. 19v — Decorated initial H
• fol. 33r — Decorated initial U
• fol. 43r — Decorated initial L
• fol. 56v — Decorated initial H
• fol. 68v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 68v — Decorated initial E
• fol. 77r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 85v — Decorated initial B
• fol. 85v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 86v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 87r — Decorated initial F
• fol. 98v — Decorated initial F
• fol. 108r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 118v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 128v — Decorated initial S
• fol. 129r — Decorated initial A
• fol. 138r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 138r — Decorated initial C
• fol. 150r — Decorated initial C
• fol. 150v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 153v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 158r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 163r — Decorated initial C
• fol. 163v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 166v — Decorated initial A
• fol. 166v — Decorated initial A
• fol. 171r — Decorated initial L
• fol. 171r — Decorated initial I
• fol. 175r — Decorated initial C
• fol. 175v — Decorated initial S
• fol. 176r — Decorated initial U
• fol. 184v — Historiated initial B, King David with harp
• fol. 187v — Decorated initial D
• fol. 189r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 191r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 193r — Decorated initial S
• fol. 195v — Decorated initial E
• fol. 197v — Decorated initial C
• fol. 200r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 204v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 204v — Historiated initial P, King Solomon teaching a child
• fol. 211v — Decorated initial M
• fol. 211v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 214r — Decorated initial O
• fol. 215v — Decorated initial D
• fol. 220v — Decorated initial M
• fol. 220v — Decorated initial O
• fol. 234r — Decorated initial N
• fol. 234r — Historiated initial U, Martyrdom of Isaiah
• fol. 249v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 249v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 267r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 269r — Decorated initial L
• fol. 269r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 271r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 271r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 287r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 287v — Decorated initial A
• fol. 294r — Decorated initial N
• fol. 294r — Decorated initial T
• fol. 294v — Historiated initial U, Hosea with Gomer
• fol. 296v — Decorated initial S
• fol. 296v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 296v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 297v — Decorated initial O
• fol. 297v — Decorated initial A
• fol. 298r — Decorated initial H
• fol. 298r — Decorated initial U
• fol. 299v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 300r — Decorated initial U
• fol. 300r — Decorated initial S
• fol. 300v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 300v — Decorated initial E
• fol. 301r — Decorated initial T
• fol. 301r — Decorated initial U
• fol. 302v — Decorated initial N
• fol. 302v — Decorated initial O
• fol. 303r — Decorated initial Q
• fol. 303v — Decorated initial O
• fol. 304v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 304v — Decorated initial U
• fol. 305r — Decorated initial I
• fol. 305v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 306r — Decorated initial A
• fol. 306r — Decorated initial I
• fol. 309r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 309r — Decorated initial O
• fol. 310r — Decorated initial D
• fol. 310r — Decorated initial R
• fol. 310r — Decorated initial M
• fol. 310v — Historiated initial E, Mattathias slaying idolater
• fol. 320v — Decorated initial F
• fol. 327v — Marginal illumination, Magi with King Herod
• fol. 327v — Decorated initial M
• fol. 328r — Marginal illuminations, bottom margin left to right, Herod and the learned men, Herod and the Magi; side margin, Angel and Joseph
• fol. 328r — Decorated initial M
• fol. 328r — Historiated initial L, Jesse?
• fol. 328v — Marginal illuminations, bottom margin left to right, Groom with horses, Adoration of the Magi, Angel and Magi
• fol. 338v — Decorated initial M
• fol. 339r — Decorated initial I
• fol. 345v — Marginal illuminations, bottom margin left to right, Zacharias in the Temple, Annunciation
• fol. 345v — Decorated initial L
• fol. 345v — Decorated initial Q
• fol. 345v — Decorated initial F
• fol. 346r — Marginal illuminations, bottom margin left to right, Visitation, Nativity
• fol. 356v — Decorated initial H
• fol. 357r — Decorated initial I
• fol. 365r — Decorated initial R
• fol. 365r — Historiated initial P, Paul and Peter?
• fol. 369r — Decorated initial C
• fol. 369r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 373r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 373r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 375v — Decorated initial G
• fol. 375v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 377r — Decorated initial E
• fol. 377r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 378v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 378v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 379v — Decorated initial C
• fol. 379v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 380v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 380v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 381r — Decorated initial A
• fol. 381r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 381v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 381v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 383r — Decorated initial I
• fol. 383r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 383v — Decorated initial T
• fol. 383v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 384r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 384r — Decorated initial P
• fol. 384v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 384v — Decorated initial M
• fol. 387v — Decorated initial L
• fol. 387v — Historiated initial P, Ascension
• fol. 398r — Decorated initial N
• fol. 398v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 399v — Decorated initial P
• fol. 400v — Decorated initial S
• fol. 401r — Decorated initial Q
• fol. 402v — Decorated initial S
• fol. 402v — Decorated initial S
• fol. 402v — Decorated initial I
• fol. 403r — Decorated initial O
• fol. 403v — Decorated initial A
• fol. 411r — Decorated initial A