Bible: New Testament
Manuscripts
ca. 1250-1275 (made)
ca. 1250-1275 (made)
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Foliation: very thin parchment (‘uterine’). i (17th-century paper) + 116 + ii (17th-century paper) ff.
Number of lines: 43 lines.
Language: Latin.
Script: small and highly abbreviated Gothic hand.
Textual content:
ff. 1r- 51r: New Testament with the Gospels
ff. 51r-67r: Acts of the Apostles
ff. 67r-73v: Catholic Epistles
ff. 73v-108v: Pauline Epistles (Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews)
ff. 108v-116r: Apocalypse
Decoration: each book and Epistle, together with their prologues, has a 7- to 4-line illuminated initial, mostly decorative but some have figural motifs (ff. 1r, 14v, 74r, 23v, 39r, 51r, 70r, 73r, 81v, 91v, 93v, 95v, 97r, 99v, 102r, 103r, 104r).
Binding: 17th century, England. Red morocco, on boards with a frame of gold and blind fillets, floral corner-pieces and centrepiece. Tooling on spine to make 6 panels.
Number of lines: 43 lines.
Language: Latin.
Script: small and highly abbreviated Gothic hand.
Textual content:
ff. 1r- 51r: New Testament with the Gospels
ff. 51r-67r: Acts of the Apostles
ff. 67r-73v: Catholic Epistles
ff. 73v-108v: Pauline Epistles (Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews)
ff. 108v-116r: Apocalypse
Decoration: each book and Epistle, together with their prologues, has a 7- to 4-line illuminated initial, mostly decorative but some have figural motifs (ff. 1r, 14v, 74r, 23v, 39r, 51r, 70r, 73r, 81v, 91v, 93v, 95v, 97r, 99v, 102r, 103r, 104r).
Binding: 17th century, England. Red morocco, on boards with a frame of gold and blind fillets, floral corner-pieces and centrepiece. Tooling on spine to make 6 panels.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Bible: New Testament |
| Materials and techniques | Ink, pigments and gold on parchment. Leather binding on wooden boards. |
| Brief description | Manuscript, Bible, New Testament, England, ca. 1250-1275. |
| Physical description | Foliation: very thin parchment (‘uterine’). i (17th-century paper) + 116 + ii (17th-century paper) ff. Number of lines: 43 lines. Language: Latin. Script: small and highly abbreviated Gothic hand. Textual content: ff. 1r- 51r: New Testament with the Gospels ff. 51r-67r: Acts of the Apostles ff. 67r-73v: Catholic Epistles ff. 73v-108v: Pauline Epistles (Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews) ff. 108v-116r: Apocalypse Decoration: each book and Epistle, together with their prologues, has a 7- to 4-line illuminated initial, mostly decorative but some have figural motifs (ff. 1r, 14v, 74r, 23v, 39r, 51r, 70r, 73r, 81v, 91v, 93v, 95v, 97r, 99v, 102r, 103r, 104r). Binding: 17th century, England. Red morocco, on boards with a frame of gold and blind fillets, floral corner-pieces and centrepiece. Tooling on spine to make 6 panels. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Henry John Beresford Clements. |
| Object history | Written and illuminated in England in the third quarter of the 13th century apparently using an exemplar from the Augustinian priory of Thornton on Humber, Lincolnshire, as suggested by an inscription on f. 116r. (1) Binding indicates ownership of William Crashawe (1572-1625/6) a Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. (2) Engraved book-plate of Charles Girdlestone (1797-1881), biblical scholar, inscribed to record his gift to his son Robert Baker Girdlestone (1836-1923). (3) Collection of Henry John Beresford Clements (1869-1940), bequeathed to the V&A in 1940. |
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| Other number | KRP.C.70 - NAL Pressmark |
| Collection | |
| Library number | MSL/1948/2060 |
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| Record created | August 30, 2018 |
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