Bible, in Latin, with the Prologues and Interpretation of Hebrew Names, manuscript on vellum 442 leaves, 161mm. by 110mm., complete, collation: i-xii12, xiii10, xiv-xv12, xvi10, xvii2, xviii-xxvi12, xxvii15 [of 16, blank xvi cancelled], xxviii-xxxiii12, xxxiv11 [of 12, blank xii cancelled], xxxv-xxxvii12, xxxviii10, mostly with horizontal catchwords, double column, 48 lines, ruled in plummet, written-space 99mm. by 72mm., written in dark brown ink in an extremely small gothic bookhand, headings in red, capitals touched in red, running-titles and chapter numbers and initials in the Psalms and Interpretations in alternately red and blue, chapter numbers throughout in alternately red or blue with long penwork in the opposite colour, sometimes extending into firework sprays in lower margins in both colours, larger initials for many prologues similar, approximately 90 large decorated initials in red and blue with decorative penwork in both colours, some early additions in margins and on original blanks at end, some wear, some pages rubbed on the smooth side of the vellum with loss of ink, first leaf partly defective and repaired, fol.163 torn, other signs of use, eighteenth-century mottled calf, spine in compartments gilt, red morocco title label gilt, marbled endleaves, red edges, binding a bit loose, lower part of spine defective
Bible, in Latin, with the Prologues and Interpretation of Hebrew Names, manuscript on vellum 442 leaves, 161mm. by 110mm., complete, collation: i-xii12, xiii10, xiv-xv12, xvi10, xvii2, xviii-xxvi12, xxvii15 [of 16, blank xvi cancelled], xxviii-xxxiii12, xxxiv11 [of 12, blank xii cancelled], xxxv-xxxvii12, xxxviii10, mostly with horizontal catchwords, double column, 48 lines, ruled in plummet, written-space 99mm. by 72mm., written in dark brown ink in an extremely small gothic bookhand, headings in red, capitals touched in red, running-titles and chapter numbers and initials in the Psalms and Interpretations in alternately red and blue, chapter numbers throughout in alternately red or blue with long penwork in the opposite colour, sometimes extending into firework sprays in lower margins in both colours, larger initials for many prologues similar, approximately 90 large decorated initials in red and blue with decorative penwork in both colours, some early additions in margins and on original blanks at end, some wear, some pages rubbed on the smooth side of the vellum with loss of ink, first leaf partly defective and repaired, fol.163 torn, other signs of use, eighteenth-century mottled calf, spine in compartments gilt, red morocco title label gilt, marbled endleaves, red edges, binding a bit loose, lower part of spine defective
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