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Bible : [manuscript]

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Description
f. 1v miniature; ff. 2-489; f. 489v blank. [Bible]. Latin. ff. 2-367v, Old Testament; ff. 368-462v, New Testament; ff. 463-489, Interpretations of Hebrew Names. Bible with 85 prologues; text includes the prayer of Manasses, and 3 Ezra followed by the Psalms (Pss. 69 and 85:4 through 87:6 not copied, apparently because of scribal error) and 7 Old Testament and 2 New Testament canticles; prayer of Solomon after Ecclesiasticus.
Type
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Date
[1452-1453]
Call number
mssHM 1080
Provenance
Coat of arms on f. 5, azure, a castle with 4 towers argent. Sotheby's, 31 July 1912, n. 197 to Quaritch. Quaritch Cat. 321 (December 1912) n. 253. Belonged to Herschel V. Jones (1861-1928) of Minneapolis.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
243 x 336 mm
Associated people
Gentiluzi, Niccolò Berti Martini de', (approximately 1388-1468,)
Jones, Herschel V. (1861-1928,)
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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