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1. Add MS 38114-38126

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HUTH BEQUEST. The following thirteen MSS., 38114-38126, were included amoung the fifty books to be selected from his library bequeathed to the British Museum by Alfred Henry Huth, Esq. For fuller descriptions see "Cataloque of the Huth Bequest," 1912.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates: Huth Library: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, Flemish, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 13th century-15th century
Extent:
13 items

2. Add MS 38116

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Title:
Psalter ('The Huth Psalter')
Scope & Content:
This Psalter is notable for the prefatory image cycle of 11 full-page illuminations, some of which exhibit unusual subject matter. Entries in the calendar and litany of northern English saints, including St Hugh of Lincoln (in blue), suggest a Lincolnshire or Yorkshire origin, and it was likely ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1280-1300
Extent:

A parchment codex.

3. Add MS 38114-38115

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Title:
HUTH BEQUEST. Vols. I, II. Bible, in Latin; Vulgate version. Preceded by Jerome's Epistle to Paulinus ("Frater Ambrosius") and preface to the Pentateueh ("Desiderii mei"). The arrangement of books is regular, except that Ezra (1 Esdras) and Nehemiah are followed by the apocryphal 1 Esdras (here entitled 2 Esdras), and that Acts comes between the Pauline and Catholic ("canoniales") Epistles. In two volumes, vol. i ending with the Psalms. All the books after the Pentateuch have prefaces, excep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 38121

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Title:
'Picture-Book' of the life of St John the Evangelist; St Jerome's Preface; Apocalypse
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-2v: 'Picture-book' of the life of St John the Evangelist. f. 3r: Preface of Jerome followed by a table of contents. Rubric: 'Incipit prefatio Sancti Iheronimi presbitri (sic), in Apocalipsi Sancti Johannis'. Beginning: 'Johannes, apostolus et evangelista, a Domino Christo elec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1400
Extent:

1 volume

5. Add MS 38126

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Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Rome (The 'Huth Hours')
Scope & Content:
Contents: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, with prayers added in the 16th or 17th century. At the beginning are: 'Oraison a son bon angle' and 'Oraison de sainet Louys' in Latin, and prayers to Christ and the Virgin and 'Meditations sainet Augustin' in French (ff. i-ii, 1) ; and at the end are pray...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1485-1490
Extent:

A parchment codex, 252 folios.

6. Add MS 38124

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Title:
Book of Hours, use of the Humiliate Nuns
Scope & Content:
Contents: Book of Hours, use of the Humiliate Nuns, with prayers in Latin and Italian (ff. 214r-287v) and some rubrics in Italian, including prayers to or associated with Pope Gregory the Great (ff. 234v-235v), St Augustine (ff. 247r-249v, 282v), St Jerome (f. 272v-273r), St John the Baptist (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:

A parchment codex, 288 folios

7. Add MS 38115

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Scope & Content:
HUTH BEQUEST. Vol. II. Bible, in Latin; Vulgate version. Second half of XIII cent. Vellum; ff. 422 (ff. 359, 360 blank). Bible LATIN: Bible: late 13th cent. Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Bible : miniature-initials and borders: late 13th cent. includes: f. 333 Gilbert de La Porrèe: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
1 item