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• Bible—13th century—Sources [Browse]

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• Manuscript—13th century [Browse]

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13th century

Summary note

Composite volume made up of two imperfect 13th-century Bibles, combined to make a single manuscript. There are lacunae in most books, and several books are omitted entirely. Part I (fols. 1r-146v) is non-standard in both its arrangement of books and selection of prologues, and it has extensive marginal annotation, often with alphabetic tie-marks to glosses. Part II is a southern French or Italian Bible, which runs from Habakkuk to the beginning of Apocalypse, ending incomplete (fols. 147r-192v). The text is standard in order, but includes several prologues not found in Parisian Bibles. Substituted prologues are as follows: Stegmüller 349, not the standard 357 (Job); Stegmüller 535, not 538 (Haggai); Stegmüller 835 and 829, not 839 (Apocalypse). Additional prologues: Stegmüller 456 and 455 (Proverbs); 532 (Habakkuk); 540 (Zechariah); 670, 674, 654, De Bruyne, Préfaces, pp. 217, 690, 697, 709, 733 (Pauline Epistles); 806, 807, 822, 823, 824, and 825 (Catholic Epistles). The following standard prologues are omitted (prologues purported to be on lost leaves are not listed): Stegmüller 462 (Ecclesiastes), 327 (2 Chronicles), 547 and 553 (1 Maccabees).

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