Identifier:

1/XI/ITA/5.

Scope and content:

ra: //non in reprehensione veterum nova . . . et invidendi Christianos sint abl[ata]// [Jerome, Praef. in Iosue; ed. Biblia sacra iuxta latinam uulgatam versionem 4 (Rome 1939) 4 line 5-6 line 4; Stegmüller 311]; rb //Promittit Deus Iosue dicens . . . tribui Manasse terram sibi dari pos// [Iosue Capitulatio; series A forma a, ed. cit. 18-23, cap. 1-19]; va //Et factum est ut post mortem . . . ad mare magnum contr[a solis o]ccasum //[Ios. 1.1-4]; vb //sicut et vos dedit . . . et illi pariter exie//[Ios. 1.15-2.5].

Acquisition information:

Written in Italy, in a scriptorium of high standards in the Umbro-Roman region. The leaf belonged to an Atlantic Bible (see 1/XI/Ita/3). Used for binding, probably early in the seventeenth century, as is suggested by “1615” in a seventeenth-century Italian hand on the recto; other scribbles (s. XVII) on the recto and verso.

Physical description:

Parchment, top half of 1 leaf; 250 cropped × 360 (200 cropped × 238) mm. 2 columns of which 27 lines survive; double bounding lines enclose each column; drypoint ruling. Fully developed Caroline minuscule script, often showing descenders ending in a serif; dark brown ink. Running title on verso, “Liber” in small red capitals; red capital at the beginning of the chapter. 16-line illuminated opens the book of Joshua: yellow letter paneled with stylized acanthus leaves and geometrical patterns in red and green.

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