Bible, Liber Iesu Filii Sirach (fragment).

Description

Title: Bible, Liber Iesu Filii Sirach (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1100 and 1150]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of the biblical book of Sirach
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: there are three plain 2-line initials in red; 1-line initials are brown filled with red and a mixture of uncial and rustic capital forms; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
Provenance: This fragment was used as the binding of another volume; before this it seems to have been used as the pastedown for another volume.
Extent: ff. 1-2 : 267 x 165 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th 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
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Subjects: Bible. Sirach
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Bible, Liber Iesu Filii Sirach (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.