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Folio Bible, fragment] ; [manuscript]

Description
f. 1r-v. Incipit: //tuis et agg[lutinabo fluminum tu]orum squamis tuis et extraham te. Explicit: sumitatem eius et platani//. Latin. Most of a leaf, containing most of Ezekiel 29:4-31:8.
Type
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Date
[between 1290 and 1310]
Call number
mssHM 47749
Provenance
Francis Fry (1803-86), Quaker, biblical bibliographer, and chocolate-maker, of Bristol, on whom see ODNB, and David D. Hall, "Francis Fry, a Maker of Chocolate and Bibles," in The Book Trade & its Customers 1450-1900: Historical Essays for Robin Myers, edited by Arnold Hunt, et al. (New Castle, Delaware, 1997), 265-77. Inscribed "This leaf was taken from a Bible written on velum [sic] in the year 1200, And burned in the time of the Martyrs. Given to David Saturn by his friend Francis Fry of Bristol, England. [signed] David Saturn." Stored in a Huntington card folder inscribed in pencil "Gift of E. N.[?] Saturn[e?] 2/24/37" and "Rec'd in MS Dept 3/23/40."
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
180 x 270 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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