Bible, Esther (Vulgate) (fragment).

Description

Title: Bible, Esther (Vulgate) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 800 and 810].
Publication Place: Northeastern France (Rheims?)
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of excerpts from the Latin Vulgate of Esther chapters 2, 3, 11, 12, and 13.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written by several scribes in Caroline minuscule; corrections added by contemporary hands.
Decoration: 1-line capitals in brown uncials; some orange-red uncials; punctuation consisting of punctus, punctus elevatus, and vigule.
Former call number: Beinecke MS 482.1B (f. 2).
Provenance: Acquired for the Beinecke by Edwin J. Beinecke in 1965.
Extent: ff. 2 : 264 x 226 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: Parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Bible O.T. Esther
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 9th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bible, Esther (Vulgate) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.