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Description: ff. 1-679: [Bible]: f. 1, added coat of arms; f. 1v blank. ff. 2-498: Old Testament. ff. 498v-633: New Testament. ff. 634-679: Interpretations of Hebrew Names. f. 679 verso, blank. Bible in the usual order as described by Ker, MMBL 1:96-97 regarding London, Lambeth Palace, MS 1364, but without the Psalms; the prayer of Manasses follows 2 Paralipomenon after 3 prologues placed here out of sequence; 3 Ezra (= Stegmüller 94, 1) occurs in its normal position; the prayer of Solomon follows Ecclesiasticus; the letter to the Laodiceans follows Colossians; there are 97 prologues; variant readings in the margins introduced by"vel" or"aliter."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1300 and 1350]
Call number: mssHM 1084
Provenance: Belonged to a member of the Visconti family of Milan in the eighteenth century; their arms added on ff. 1, 2, when the book was given away. The added ex libris "G. Visconti" also appears in a fourteenth century New Testament (Oxford, Bod. Lib., Canonici Bibl. Lat. 18). Possibly in the collection of Gerardo Sagredo of Venice, ca. 1710, and to be identified with n. 31 of his printed catalogue (ca. 1745): "Biblia Sacra eleganter scripta in 4 in membrana." In a French bookseller's catalogue; slip in Library files. Belonged to Robert Hoe: Bierstadt (1895) p. 12 ; Cat. (1909) p. 8 ; his sale, Anderson, New York, 1911, pt. I, n. 2117 to G. D. Smith.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 203 x 267 mm
Associated people: Hoe, Robert, (1839-1909,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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