Bible, Genesis (fragment).

Published/Created:

France or Switzerland,
[between 1150 and 1199].

Physical Description:

ff. 1-2 : parchment ; 422 x 340 mm.

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/ms484.18.pdf

Notes:

Decoration: the preface on fol. 2r begins with a 10-line decorated initial "D" in red interlace on a green geometric ground with a blue ground for the central portion of the vine stem; the text of Genesis begins with a half-page decorated initial "I" in the same style; 1-line initials in the prefatory material are occasionally red; line fillers are in red; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; accents added by a later hand; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Script: written in two sizes of gothic bookhand (littera textualis).
The fragment was used as the outside wrapper for the binding of another volume; gift of the Yale University Library Associates; purchased from Kraus in 1948.

Abstract:

Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Genesis and Jerome's Epistula ad Paulinum.

Variant Titles:

Bible. O.T. Genesis

Topics:

Bible.--Genesis
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library.
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.

Topics:

Jerome,--Saint,---419 or 420.

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Manuscripts, Medieval--France--12th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval--Switzerland--12th century.

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Beinecke MS 484.18

Orbis Record:

12851327

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1017556

Citation:

Bible, Genesis (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2004148

PID:

digcoll:3330733