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Bible, probably written in Italy in the 13th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.19
Scope and Contents
The order of contents is the usual one (see ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, ii, pages 210-212), except that the Prayer of Solomon is included at the end of Ecclesiasticus (folio 193). The prologues are as listed in ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, with the following exceptions: 2 Chronicles, no prologue; Job, Stegmüller 349; Psalms, Stegmüller numbers 430, 10470, and 1833, 1; Proverbs has two additional prologues, Stegmüller 456 and 455; Jeremiah has two additional...
Dates:
Mid 13th century.
Bible, written in France.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.1.2
Scope and Contents
The order of contents (from folio 3) is that usually found in French bibles of the period, with the common set of 64 prologues (see ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, pages 210-212). The biblical books are followed (folio 412) by the interpretations of Hebrew names beginning ‘Aaz apprehendens` (see ‘Repertorium Biblicum medii aevi’, number 7709). Leaves containing II Maccabees 8, verses 22-10, verse 30 and 14, verse 5 - Matthew 1, verse 11 are missing.There are...
Dates:
2nd half of 13th century.
Illuminated calligraphic manuscript of Esther Inglis, forming a summary of St Matthew`s Gospel, "Argumenta singulorum capitum Evangelii Matthaei Apostoli, per tetrasticha manu Estherae Inglis exarata Londini XXVI Ianuari, 1607".
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Identifier: Acc.11821
Dates:
1607.
Latin Bible written in France in the second half of the 13th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.10
Scope and Contents
The order of contents is that usually found in French bibles of the period, with the common set of 64 prologues (see ‘Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries’, ii, pages 210-212). The biblical books are followed (folio 511) by the interpretations of Hebrew names beginning `Aaz apprehendens` (‘Repertorium Biblicum medii aevi’, number 7709). A leaf containing Psalms 23-29 is missing after folio 238.There are illuminated initials throughout: preceding the first prologue and at the...
Dates:
2nd half of 13th century.
Manuscript, possibly 11th century, of the Gospels of Saints Mark and Luke, and part of the prologue of Saint John.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.8.16
Scope and Contents
This manuscript was produced in Ireland and is an example of a pocket Gospel book. It was possibly written in the 11th century, based on the script. Schenkl has dated the work to the 9th century, and Borland has attributed it to the 13th century. The manuscript is written in an Insular minuscule script with 23 or 24 lines to a page. There are brief scribal marginal glosses related to the text throughout, although some of these have been lost due to cropping. There are...
Dates:
?11th century.
Mid 13th-century Bible, probably written in England.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.18.7.10
Scope and Contents
(i) The contents are in the order Genesis-Nehemiah, Esther, Tobit, Judith, Job-Matthew, Luke, Mark, John, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Pauline Epistles (with Colossians following 2 Thessalonians), Apocalypse (folio 1). Two leaves containing the end of the general prologue and the prologue to the Pentateuch, and Genesis chapters 24-25 are missing. There are no prologues to 2 Chronicles, Ecclesiastes, Hosea, or the Pauline Epistles from Ephesians to Hebrews. The prologues are the usual set (see...
Dates:
Mid 13th century.
'Ruskin Bible'.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.1.1.1
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, written in Northern France, takes its name from John Ruskin who greatly admired it (`The Works of John Ruskin`, edited by E T Cook and A Wedderburn (London, 1903-1912), volume xii, page 144). It is described in the exhibition catalogue `Treasures from Scottish Libraries` (Edinburgh, 1964), number 20.Sir John Sinclair’s `Statistical Account of Scotland, 1791-1799` (Wakefield, 1978), x, page 294 refers to a note with the manuscript which stated that it was used ‘in...
Dates:
2nd half of 13th century.