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Five large fragments of a monumental Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [England, early twelfth century]
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Vellum
5 strips from a large bifolium, each approximately 395mm. by 60mm., numbered in pencil by N.R. Ker in July 1974, with remains of two sizes of a handsome English early gothic script in black ink, the original leaf at least 310mm. by 208mm., with two columns of 41 lines, fragment I cut horizontally from top of leaf and with contemporary running titles "Liber" and "expliciunt capitula. Incipit ad maccabeorum", eight small initials in red or green on fragments I and II, three large initials in red, green or blue on IV and V, all recovered from bindings and hence somewhat defective
Catalogue Note
These fragments contain parts of the capitula of I Maccabees, and the text of 1:3-62 and 4:18-5 and 23. They have been published as Ampleforth MS.281: Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, 1977, II, p.43