BIBLE IN LATIN NEW TESTAMENT 6 consecutive vellum leaves fr

Sale 1932 - Lot 17

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(BIBLE IN LATIN. NEW TESTAMENT.) 6 consecutive vellum leaves from manuscript Vulgate Bible containing text of Romans 14:9-16:27 and 1 Corinthians 1-16 (complete). Written in small gothic hand in brown ink with chapter numbers in blue and red, 51 lines, recto and verso. with ten-line illuminated initial p in colors and gold depicting st. paul<> at beginning of 1 Corinthians 1, and nineteen smaller initials with penwork decoration, some with simple marginal extensions.<> 230x160 mm, disbound; headlines cropped. northern France, circa 1250-1300

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Fragment from Chester Beatty Western MS. 116, an incomplete Bible sold as lot 14 in his sale on 3 December 1968 in London.<