Leaf from a Bible, Fragment

Type: Fragment

Date: 15th century

Setting: Italy?

Produced By/For: ?

Contents: Devotional: Leaf from a Bible

Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.20

Location: Shelf 02/J/24b (Acc. 2010-014, Item #2)

Description

Leaf from a Bible

Manuscript fragment, 23 X 32.5 cm, 15th century

A leaf from a fifteenth century bible. The text is from 1 Kings 7:24-8:33 (Vulgate 3 Kings).

Recto transcribed by Chloe Hale (December 2015) and verso by Nick Carter-DesBiens (December 2016), as part of coursework for manuscript studies classes with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL). Transcription* available here.

Transcription conventions follow Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Cornell UP, 2007), pp. 75-77.

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