Bibles.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Refers to books, scrolls, rolls, or other document forms containing the sacred scriptures of Judaism or Christianity. Bibles may also contain illuminations, which are painted scenes or decorations. The Bible is composed of two parts: The Hebrew scriptures or Old Testament, written originally in Hebrew (with some parts in Aramaic) and including the writings of the Jewish people, and the New Testament, composed in Greek and recording the story of Jesus and the beginnings of Christianity. The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions of the Old Testament are somewhat larger than the Protestant Bible because they accept certain books and parts of books considered apocryphal by Protestants. The Jewish Bible includes only the books known to Christians as the Old Testament. The arrangements of the Jewish and Christian canons differ considerably. Traditionally the Jews have divided their scriptures (the Old Testament) into three parts: The Torah (the ""Law""), or Pentateuch; the Nevi'im (the ""Prophets""); and the Ketuvim (the ""Writings""), or Hagiographa. The stories, moral teachings, and theological doctrines in the bible have provided subjects for an immense body of visual art in both Christian and Jewish imagery. For Christians, a canon of biblical books was established in the Early Christian period; however, several apocryphal books continued to circulate long afterwards. Beginning in the late medieval period, poetic and dramatic interpretations of biblical narratives were very popular, providing ample extra-canonical literature that contributed to the development of important subjects in Christian art (AAT). This term (in the singular form) was used in the NLS catalogues for all Bibles and parts of the Bible, except Psalms (NLS).
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Administrative records of the Bible Board for Scotland.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11182/1-41
Scope and Contents
In the early 19th century there was much public complaint about the cost and quality of Bibles produced on both sides of the Border where the respective King's printers enjoyed monopoly rights to the printing of acts of Parliament, proclamations, the Authorised Version of the Bible, the metrical psalms, catechism, etc (in England the universities of Oxford and Cambridge also had the Bible printing privilige). When the existing Scottish patent expired in 1839, new letters patent were issued...
Dates:
1832-1981.
Annotated New Testament belonging to Prof Henry Drummond.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9197
Scope and Contents
With photographs.
Dates:
circa 1873-1897.
Bible, probably written in Italy in the 13th century.
Item
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.
Item
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.
Bibles and a book of common prayer belonging to the Steuart family, with manuscript notes.
Series
Identifier: Acc.3642
Dates:
1726-[after 1849].
Bifolium from a Bible written in Italy.
Item
Identifier: MS.10272
Scope and Contents
The bifolium contains Amos ix, 7-15, the prologues to Obadiah (F Stegmüller, ‘Repertorium biblicum medii aevi’ (Madrid, 1940), volume i, numbers 519 and 517) and Obadiah 1-20 (folio 1), and Micah ii, 4-v, 6 (folio 2).
Written in a large littera textualis with running titles, headings and chapter numbers in red. There is one ten-line decorated initial in red and an eight-line decorated initial in yellow, red, blue and green. Obadiah is marked 'Liber xix' and Micah 'Liber xxi'.
Dates:
1st half of 12th century.
Commentaries on the Book of Job, and copies of letters.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8780
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters concern James Hervey`s "Theron and Aspasio", all apparently of Glasite tendency.
Dates:
circa 1772-1800.
Copy of "The National Comprehension Family Bible" used by the Nellies family.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11920
Dates:
circa 1877-1990.
Correspondence of Ruari McLean and Robin Lorimer.
File
Identifier: Acc.11370
Scope and Contents
Concerns the design of W L Lorimer`s "New Testament in Scots", including related papers and proofs.
Dates:
1982-1983.
Diary, 1831-1839, of James Gall.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.6454
Scope and Contents
With the Gall family bible, 18th century to 19th century.
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.
Hebrew scroll, containing the Pentateuch.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3267
Scope and Contents
Parchment roll, corrected and possibly intended for private use.
Dates:
late 18th century to early 19th 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".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11821
Dates:
1607.
Journal, 1840-1854, of James Gall.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5745
Scope and Contents
With family Bible, containing genealogy, 1766-1825, of James Gall, and his descendants.
Dates:
1766-1854.
Latin Bible written in France in the second half of the 13th century.
Item
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.
Item
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.
Microfilm of 13th-century Bible, written in France.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.375
Dates:
2nd half of 13th century.
Microfilm of glossed copy of ‘Tabula super bibliam’ by Johannes Vasco, 1393; and, copies, 1623, by John Wither of English rolls of arms, 13th-15th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.453
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Tabula super bibliam’. A glossed copy, early 15th century, of a summary of the Bible in Latin verse by Johannes Vasco, Order of Friars Minor, with the explanatory verses which give the date of composition as 1393 (Adv.MS.18.4.2);
Copies, 1623, by John Wither of English rolls of arms, 13th-15 century, mostly from ‘An auntient booke of Armes which Mr Glover Somerset the Harald had of Mr Joseph Holland in Cullers’ (Adv.MS.31.7.10).
Dates:
13th century-15th century.
Microfilm of manuscript of the New Testament.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1360
Dates:
Late 14th century.
Microfilm of manuscript of the New Testament.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2067
Dates:
Late 14th century.
Microfilm of the Codex Edinburgensis, a Hebrew manuscript of the Old Testament.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.932-933
Dates:
10th century.
Mid 13th-century Bible, probably written in England.
Item
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.
'Newe Testament', a Middle English manuscript of the New Testament, in the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible, written in England in the late 14th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.7
Scope and Contents
The text is mostly the earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible; see the edition by Josiah Forshall and Sir Frederic Madden, where this is manuscript Q of the earlier version and manuscript Z of the later version. It is described in volume 1, page lix, number 145; see also ‘The manuscripts and versions of the Wycliffite Bible’, pages 333-347, and ‘The earlier version of the Wycliffite Bible’, volume 7.The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Table of Gospels...
Dates:
Late 14th century.