MS. Lat. bib. b. 1
Summary Catalogue no.: 30550 + later additions
Guardbook of biblical fragments
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History
Provenance and Acquisition
From printed books and manuscripts unless otherwise specified: the source is not recorded in many cases.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 1
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Language(s): Latin
Psalterium Hebraicum, 102.26-103.11, 104.10-24, 105.13-26, 106.4-16
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2 cols.
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Provenance
From MS. Add. C. 146, which belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Aulne.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 2
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Language(s): Latin
Pr. Bodleian Quarterly Review 4 (1924) 119-20
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2 cols.
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3-4 line coloured initials
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 3
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Language(s): Latin
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 4-5
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Language(s): Latin
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 6-7
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Written in long lines.
Decoration
Including part of a zoomorphic initial.
Smaller plain initials in green, red, and blue.
History
Provenance
From 8o M. 57 Th. A bifolium from the same manuscript is Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS. 485, nos. 51, 52: N. Ker, Pastedowns in Oxford Bindings, nos. 1559, 1605.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 8-9
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Language(s): Latin
Ps. 101.9-16, 18-25; 101.26 - 102.4; 102.6-12
N. Ker, Pastedowns in Oxford Bindings, no. 1555Physical Description
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2-line blue initial flourished in red.
Alternating 1-line initials in blue and red.
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 10-11
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Language(s): Latin
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 12
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Long lines
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 13
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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24 long lines
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 14
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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25 long lines
Decoration
1-line flourished initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed from Auct. T. V. 19 in 1883.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 15
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Language(s): Latin
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 16-17
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 18
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Language(s): Latin
Ps. 67.16 - 70.13
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2 cols., 38 lines; ruled space 265 × 180 mm.
Decoration
Initial in blue, rose, gold, and white.
Border in blue, rose, gold, and white.
2-line blue initial with red penwork.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
‘Sent anonymously by post to the Bodleian from London, 2 Nov. 1891’
Bibliography
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 19
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., 39 lines
Decoration
Initial with red penwork, mutilated.
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 20
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., 30 lines
History
Provenance
Formerly the wrapper of MS. Laud Misc. 66 (rebound in 1919), from the Jesuit College, Würzburg
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 21
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols.
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From Antiq. c. 63 1539/2
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 22-34
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Language(s): Latin
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2 cols., 53 lines; ruled space 175 × 125 mm.
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9-line arabesque initial in green and red (fol. 23r) and red (fol. 31v)
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From the binding of Auct. III Q inf II 20-21.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 35-8
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols.
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2-line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting colour.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Erased names/text, fol. 35r-v, 38r.
‘per me Andream Gerthe(?) the … ’, 16th century, partly erased, fol. 38r.
‘Ex libris R. Wilson 1670’, fol. 38v.
‘ Jac. Moore 1785’, fol. 38v.
‘ Walter Moore(?) 1789’, fol. 38v.
Given by G. Watson, 1921.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 39
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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3-line arabesque / silhouette initial in red.
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 40-1
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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53 long lines, ruled space 300 × 200 mm.
History
Provenance
From MS. Bodl. 868, a manuscript from Worcester cathedral priory.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 42-3
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Text 27 lines
Gloss 53-4 lines
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1-line penwork initials.
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 44-5
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Language(s): Latin
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4 cols., 84 lines
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From the binding of EE 2 Art Seld.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 46
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., probably 41 lines
History
Provenance
Formerly the cover of Statuta Pistoriensia, Bowyer 16
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 47
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols.
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 48-9
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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19-20 long lines
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From B. 1. 9. Med.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 50-1
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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20 long lines
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From B. 1. 9. Med.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 52
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Text 25 long lines
Hand(s)
Textus praescissus
Decoration
1-line penwork initials.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly the cover of 8o R 56 Mrf.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 53
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Long lines
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 54
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Long lines
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 55-7
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., 51 lines, ruled space 115 × 70 mm.
Decoration
2-line penwork initials.
History
Provenance
From 8o A 11 Th.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 58
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols.
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 59
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Text 24 lines.
Decoration
Initial in blue, red and green.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From MS. Bodl. 436.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 60-1
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., 62 lines
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Penwork initials.
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 62
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols.
Decoration
Puzzle initial in blue and red with flourishing in both colours.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Removed from MS. Auct. E. 1. 9 in 1881.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 63
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Language(s): Latin
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 64-5
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Long lines
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 66-7
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., probably 41 lines, ruled space 345-50 × 250 mm.
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 68
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Provenance
Given by A. Maltby, 1950.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 69
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Language(s): Latin
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MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 70
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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Long lines
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 71-2
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Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
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2 cols., at least 66 (probably 72) lines
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6-line blue initials with red penwork.
History
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fols. 73-4
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Language(s): Latin
See T. A. M. Bishop in Nordisk Tidskrift 54 (1971), 39-40, no. 5
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Provenance
From the binding of Th.8o.H.76.
MS. Lat. bib. b. 1 - fol. 75a-b
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Language(s): Latin
Two fragments forming the upper part of a leaf from a large Bible, Joshua 24.3 - Judges 2.17
Physical Description
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2 columns; a complete column probably had c. 65-66 lines.
Decoration
Large initial in red and blue with pen flourishing.
History
Provenance
From the binding of Erasmus, Paraphrasim (1534) [Antiq.f.GS.1534.1-2]; given by F. Weatherhead & Son of Aylesbury, 1970.
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2021-11-16: Converted typescript description