Tobias and Judith [Fragment]

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Language: Latin. Incipit: [thesau-]//ros auri condere quoniam elemosyna a morte liberat. et ipsa est que purgat peccata. Explicit: Tunc miserunt legatos suos universarum urbium. et provinciarum reges. ac principes syrie. scilicet. et mesopo//[-tamiae]. Folio range: [1]r-v

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Leaf from a French Bible produced circa 1220, bearing the text of Tobias 12:8-14:17, Jerome's prologue to Judith, and Judith 1:1-3:1, with some marginal notation. Other leaves from this bible were later included as Leaf 3 of Otto Ege's portfolio, "Original Leaves from Famous Bibles."

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Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.

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Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Extent: 1. Page dimensions (in mm): 193 x 127. Written area (in mm): 129 x 80, column width 35mm. Line height (in mm): 2.4. Script: Gothic. Script type: Textualis. Layout: Two columns, ruled in lead for fifty-four lines, writing above the top line. Double bounding lines in the upper and outer margins and in the upper and lower written area. Number of columns: 2. Number of lines: 54. Decoration: Eight-line puzzle initial in red and blue, with flourishing. Five-line red initial with blue flourishing. One-line alternating initials in red and blue. Running head in red and blue. Capitals heightened with red, and rubrication.

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