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040-001959726

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001959718

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Title:

Vulgate

Scope & Content:

This manuscript contains both the Old and New Testament books of the Vulgate. The manuscript probably originates from Northern France. The style of its decoration is associated by Robert Branner (Manuscript Painting, 1977) with the Johannes Grusch Atelier: a group of Parisian artists active from 1240 until about 1270. It is first known to be owned by the Carthusian monastery of Bonnefoy, the diocese of Viviers, in 1443.

Contents:

ff. 2r-5v: Jerome’s prologue to the Vulgate.

ff. 5v-6r: Prologue to the Pentateuch.

ff. 6r-28v: The Book of Genesis.

ff. 28v-47r: The Book of Exodus.

ff. 47r-59v: The Book of Leviticus.

ff. 59v-77v: The Book of Numbers.

ff. 77v-94r: The Book of Deuteronomy.

f. 94r: Prologue to the Book of Joshua.

ff. 94r-105r: The Book of Joshua.

ff. 105r-118r: The Book of Judges.

ff. 118r-119r: Prologue to the Book of 1 Kings.

ff. 119r-134v : The Book of 1 Kings.

ff. 134v-147v: The Book of 2 Kings.

ff. 147v-163r: The Book of 3 Kings.

ff. 163r-177v: The Book of 4 Kings.

ff. 177v-178r: Prologue to the Book of 1 Chronicles.

ff. 178v-190v: The Book of 1 Chronicles.

ff. 190v-191r: Prologue to the Book of 2 Chronicles.

ff. 191r-208r: The Book of 2 Chronicles.

ff. 208r-208v: Prologue to the Book of 1 Esdras.

ff. 208v-213r: The Book of 1 Esdras.

ff. 213r-219v: The Book of Nehemiah.

ff. 220r-226v: The Book of 2 Esdras.

f. 226v: Prologue to the Book of Tobit.

ff. 227r-231v: The book of Tobit.

f. 231v: Prologue to the book of Judith.

ff. 213v-237v: The Book of Judith.

f. 237v: Prologue to the Book of Esther.

ff. 237v-243r: The Book of Esther.

ff. 243r-244r: Prologue to the Book of Job.

f. 244r: Second prologue to the Book of Job.

ff. 244r-255v: The Book of Job.

ff. 255v-283v: The Book of Psalms.

ff. 283v-284r: Prologue to the Book of Proverbs.

ff. 284r-294r: The Book of Proverbs.

f. 294r: Prologue to the Book of Ecclesiastes.

ff. 294r-297v: The Book of Ecclesiastes.

ff. 297v-299r: The Song of Songs.

f. 299r: Prologue to the Book of Wisdom.

ff. 299v-306r: The Book of Wisdom.

ff. 306r-325v: The Book of Ecclesiasticus.

ff. 325v-326r: Prologue to the Book of Isaiah.

ff. 326r-349r: The Book of Isaiah.

f. 349r: Prologue to the Book of Jeremiah.

ff. 349r-375r: The Book of Jeremiah.

ff. 375r-377v: Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet.

f. 377v: Prologue to the Book of Baruch.

ff. 377v-379v: The Book of Baruch.

f. 380v: Prologue to the Book of Ezekiel.

ff. 380v-404r: The Book of Ezekiel.

ff. 404r-404v: Prologue to the Book of Daniel.

ff. 404v-414r: The Book of Daniel.

f. 414r: Prologue to the Books of the Minor Prophets.

ff. 414r-414v: Prologue to the Book of Hosea.

ff. 414v-417v: The Book of Hosea.

ff. 417v-418r: Prologue to the Book of Joel.

f. 418r: Second prologue to the Book of Joel.

ff. 418r-419r: The Book of Joel.

ff. 419r-419v: Prologue to the Book of Amos.

f. 419v: Second prologue to the Book of Amos.

f. 419v: Third prologue to the Book of Amos.

ff. 419v-422r: The Book of Amos.

ff. 422r-422v: Prologue to the Book of Obadiah.

ff. 422v-423r : The Book of Obadiah.

f. 423r: Prologue to the Book of Jonah.

f. 423: Second prologue to the Book of Jonah.

ff. 423r-424r: The Book of Jonas.

f. 424r: Prologue to the Book of Micah.

ff. 424r-426r: The Book of Micah.

f. 426r: Prologue to the book of Nahum.

ff. 426r-427r: The Book of Nahum.

ff. 427r-427v: Prologue to the Book of Habakkuk.

ff. 427v-428v: The Book of Habakkuk.

ff. 428v-429r: Prologue to the Book of Zephaniah.

ff. 429r-430r: The Book of Zephaniah.

f. 430r: Prologue to the Book of Haggai.

ff. 430r-431r: The Book of Haggai.

f. 430r: Prologue to the Book of Zechariah

ff. 430r-435r: The Book of Zechariah.

f. 435r: Prologue to the Book of Malachai.

ff. 435r-436r: The Book of Malachai.

f. 436v: Prologue to the Book of Maccabees.

ff. 436v-437r: Second prologue to the Book of Maccabees.

f. 437r: Third prologue to the Book of Maccabees.

ff. 437r-452rv: The Book of 1 Maccabees.

ff. 452r-462v: The Book of 2 Maccabees.

f. 463r: Prologue to the Gospel of Matthew.

f. 463r: Second Prologue to the Gospel of Matthew.

ff. 463r-478r: The Gospel of Matthew.

f. 478r: Prologue to the Gospel of Mark.

ff. 478r-487r: The Gospel of Mark.

f. 487r: Prologue to the Gospel of Luke.

ff. 487r-487v: Second prologue to the Gospel of Luke.

ff. 487v-503r: The Gospel of Luke.

ff. 503r-503v: Prologue to the Gospel of John.

ff. 503v-515r: The Gospel of John.

f. 515r: Prologue to the Epistle of the Romans.

ff. 515r-520v: The Epistle to the Romans.

f. 520v: Prologue to the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

ff. 520v-526v: The First Epistle to the Corinthians.

f. 526v: Prologue to the Second Epistle to the Corinthians.

ff. 526v-530r: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians.

ff. 530r-530v: Prologue to the Epistle to the Galatians.

ff. 530v-532r: The Epistle to the Galatians.

f. 532r: Prologue to the Epistle to the Ephesians.

ff. 532r-534r: The Epistle to the Ephesians.

f. 534r: Prologue to the Epistle to the Philippians.

ff. 534r-535v: The Epistle to the Philippians.

f. 535v: Prologue to the Epistle to the Colossians.

ff. 535v-537r: The Epistle to the Colossians.

f. 537r: Prologue to the First Epistle to the Thessalonians

ff. 537r-538r: The First Epistle to the Thessalonians.

f. 538r: Prologue to the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians.

ff. 538r-539r: The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians.

f. 539r: Prologue to the First Epistle to Timothy.

ff. 539r-540v: The First Epistle to Timothy.

f. 540v: Prologue to the Second Epistle to Timothy.

ff. 540v-541v: The Second Epistle to Timothy.

f. 541v: Prologue to the Epistle to Titus.

ff. 541v-542r: The Epistle to Titus.

f. 542r: Prologue to the Epistle to Philemon.

ff. 542r-542v: The Epistle to Philemon.

f. 542v: Prologue to the Epistle to the Hebrews.

ff. 542v-547r: The Epistle to the Hebrews.

f. 547r: Prologue to the Acts of the Apostles.

ff. 547r-562v: The Acts of the Apostles.

f. 562v: Prologue to the Catholic Epistles.

ff. 562v-564r: The Epistle of James.

ff. 564r-565v:The First Epistle of Peter.

ff. 565v-566v: Second Epistle of Peter.

ff. 566v-568r: First Epistle of John.

ff. 568r-568v: Second Epistle of John.

ff. 568v-569r:Third Epistle of John.

ff. 569r-569v: The Epistle of Jude.

ff. 569v-576v: The Book of Revelations.

ff. 577r-620r: Interpretation of Hebrew names.

Decoration:

7 historiated initials in red, blue and gold, some with partial borders with zoomorphic figures. The subjects of the miniatures are as follows:

f. 3r: Initial 'F' with a partial (two-sided) border: Jerome as a scribe.

f. 6r: Initial 'I' with a partial (one-sided) border and central bar: Creation scenes.

f. 119: Initial 'F': A standing male and a kneeling female figure (Abishag ?).

f. 255v. Initial 'B': King David with a harp.

f. 284r: Initial 'P': Solomon.

f. 463r: Initial 'L': Tree of Jesse.

f. 515r: Initial 'P': Paul seated.

Numerous (73) initials with foliate decoration in red, blue and gold.

Numerous minor initials in blue or red and puzzle initials in blue and red with red and blue pen-work and pen-flourishing throughout the manuscript.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001959718
036-001959719
040-001959726

Is part of:

Add MS 54229-54323* : MILLAR BEQUEST
Add MS 54229-54246 : A. MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS

Add MS 54235 : Vulgate

Hierarchy:

032-001959718[0001]/036-001959719[0007]/040-001959726

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View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 54229-54323*

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Parchment manuscript

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1250

End Date:

1299

Date Range:

2nd half of the 13th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 130 x 850 mm (text space: 90 x 60 mm).

Foliation: ff. 623 (+2 moden parchment flyleaves at the beginning + 2 at the end); + 2 modern paper pastedowns with ownership inscriptions, numbered 'i' and 'ii': 1 on the parchment pastedown on the inside of the front cover and 1 on f. [i]recto.

Script: Gothic.

Binding: Post 1600. White blind-tooled and -stamped calfskin binding, two clasps (two metal rings, each attached to two cords from rope), the spine inscribed in gold at the British Museum: 'BIBLIA SACRA'.

Custodial History:

The Carthusian monastery of Bonnefoy, owned in 1443: an inscription on f. 622r notes that the manuscript was borrowed by Johannes Vincent(ius) to Guigo, chancellor of the diocese of Le Puy.

Jean Pinet (d. 1707), canon of Nevers, on 12 february 1694: his name and this date inscribed on f. 2r; an inscription, added later, notes that he was a canon of a church in Nancy in 1670 ( f. 2r: ‘chanoine de leglise de nancy 1670’).

Ernest de Toytot (19^th century), author: his bookplate on f. [i]recto.

Davis and Orioli, English booksellers, in 1925: their sales catalogue.

Eric George Millar (b. 1887, d. 1966), librarian: purchased the manuscript from Davis and Orioli on 30 September 1925; his name inscribed on a paper pasted on the inside of the front cover (‘FROM THE LIBRARY OF ERIC GEORGE MILLAR’); bequeathed by him to the British Museum in 1966.

Publications:

The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts, New Series, 1966-1970 (London: The British Library, 1998), I (Descriptions), pp. 84-85.

Robert Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis: A Study of Styles (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977), pl. 15.

Jean Wirth, Les marges à drôleries des manuscrits gothiques, 1250-1350, Matériaux pour l’histoire publiés par l’École des chartes, 7(Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2008), p. 52.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Related Material:

The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts, New Series, 1966-1970 (London: The British Library, 1998), I (Descriptions), pp. 84-85: 'MILLAR BEQUEST. Vol. IX. Bible, written and illuminated in northern France, probably Paris; second half of the 13th cent. Latin. Turner, op. cit., BMQ, xxxiii, pp. 24-25, pl. X. The books of the Bible are in the following order: Prologue (Jerome's prefaces, 'Frater Ambrosius . . .' and 'Desiderii mei . . .', other prologues precede the books), Octateuch, Kings 1-4, Chronicles 1-2, 1-2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job, Psalms, Sapiential Books, Prophets, Maccabees, Gospels, Pauline Epistles, Acts, Catholic Epistles, Revelation. This corresponds to S. Berger, Histoire de la Vulgate (1893), p. 335, no. 96. The manuscript also includes the 'Interpretation of Hebrew Names', usually attributed to Bede, ff. 577-620. The manuscript belonged to the Carthusian monastery of Bonnefoy, diocese of Viviers, in 1443, when it was pledged by the procurator and treasurer of the house, John Vincen., to Guigo, chancellor of the diocese of Le Puy, for ten royaux d'or (inscription, f. 622). An inscription on f. 2 records ownership by Jean Pinet (d.1707), a canon of Nevers in 1670 and dean from 1694. The bookplate of Ern. de Toytot, presumably the French author Ernest de Toytot, whose works were published in Paris circa 1863-1872, occurs on f. ii. A Millar bookplate occurs on f. i. Millar purchased the manuscript of Davis and Orioli, who had just purchased it in Paris, on 30 Sept. 1925.

Vellum; ff. ii+623. Sec. fol.: '-li, qui populo'. 133 x 85mm. Gatherings (28) as follows: i2, ii16, iii14, iv-vii24, viii22, ix-xxiv24, xxv-xxvi28, xxvii30, xxviii4 (lacks 3, blank). Ruled (for single bounding lines) in metal point for double columns of 45 lines. Text is below top line. Written space 90 x 60mm. Script is a small Gothic textualis semi-quadrata by several hands. Systematic quire signatures, now mostly lost through trimming. Modern white pigskin binding by W. H. Smith and Son.

The manuscript is decorated in a style popular for this sort of book in Paris and northern France in the later thirteenth cent. Colouring is flat and the figure style linear, with flesh rendered in white with red spots on the cheeks. In addition to seven historiated initials, there are 73 small decorated initials in gold and colours, some with zoomorphic terminals, to each major division of the text. Pen-flourished minor initials, running-titles and chapter numbers are executed in blue and red. The historiated initials are as follows:

1. f. 3. Prologue: F, with partial border. Jerome as a scribe.

2. f. 6. Genesis: I, with partial border. Creation scenes.

3. f. 119. F. A standing male and a kneeling female figure (Abishag ?).

4. f. 255v. Psalms: B. David harping.

5. f. 284. Parables: P. Solomon and a disciple.

6. f. 463. Matt.: L. Tree of Jesse.

7. f. 515. Romans: P. Paul seated.

Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Study Bible: historiated and decorated initials: mid-late 13th cent.

Bible LATIN: Study Bible: mid-late 13th cent: Lat.

includes:

f. ii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Ernest de Toytot, author: Bookplate of Ernest de Toytot: 19th cent.'