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1 Machabees [Fragment] Public Deposited

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Contents
  • Language: Latin. Incipit: // auertit iram ab israel . et nominatus est usque ad fines terre. Explicit: Erigamus deiecionem populi nostri et pugnemus //. Folio range: [1]r-v
Rights statement
Time Period
  • Circa 1325
Place of Origin
  • Southern France
Related Work
Description
  • A leaf from a French portable Bible, bearing the text of 1 Machabees 3:8-3:43. Decorator notes are visible in the top margin. Other leaves from the same original manuscript were included in Otto Ege’s portfolio, "Original Leaves from Famous Bibles."
Contributors
  • Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.
Source Identifier
  • knc_056_001
Keywords
  • Bible
  • Fragment
  • Christian
  • France
  • Scripture
Title
  • 1 Machabees [Fragment]
Physical Description
  • Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Page dimensions (in mm): 187 x 125. Written area (in mm): 118 x 81, column width 37mm. Line height (in mm): 3.7. Script: Gothic. Script type: Textualis. Layout: Two columns ruled in brown ink for thirty-two lines. Double horizontal and vertical bounding lines. Number of columns: 2. Number of lines: 32. Decoration: Red and blue pen-flourished running heads and capitals heightened with red.
Language
  • Latin
Alternate Identifier
  • 73-21-45 #3 (Accession number)
  • HL 61 (Gwara Handlist Number)
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Source Metadata Identifier
  • knc_056_001
Date Created
  • 14th century
Owning Institution
  • Knox College Seymour Library Special Collections. Galesburg, IL.
Provenance
  • Item donated to Knox College by Harriet Robbins Moses (1888-1973) of Salina, KS as part of a bequest through her estate in 1973. Moses graduated from Knox College in 1912.
Bibliographic Citation
  • Gwara, Scott. Otto Ege’s Manuscripts. Cayce, SC: De Brailes Publishing, 2013. [HL 61 (p. 140-1)]

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