Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticano Latino 5895
Dou viel testament et coment Diex fist toutes choses (table rubric)
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General information
| Folios | 146 |
| Language | Language object (48) |
| Approx. date | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Date notes | 'spätes 13., frühes 14. Jahrhundert' (Oltrogge 1989, 312; cf. Palermi 2004, 228); 'fin du XIIIe siècle' (Langlois 1889, 277; cf. Jung 1996, 351); 'risale al XIII sec.' (Longobardi 1994, 217n). |
| Place(s) of production | Genoa-Pisa'Gênes' (Jung 1996, 351). |
| Table of contents | The table, on ff. 1va-5vb, is preceded by (rubricated): 'CI comence les lubriche dela bi- / ble (et) parole dou uiel testam(en)t / et coment diex fist toutes choses . //' Chapter rubrics are provided by the scribe responsible for the body text in black ink, each with a plain initial (height: 1 line, alternating red and blue), and a Roman numeral (up to ccccxiij). Guide letters and numbers (arabic) are visible. |
| First words of second recto folio | [f. 8ra] leur uolonte enfeussent hors seule- / |
| First words of last recto folio | [f. 146ra] en macedoíne el tens |
| Incipit | [f. 7ra] Cest??...?? e la bible ??(et)?? / parole dou uiel testam(en)t com??e(n)t?? / dieu fist le ciel (et) ??...?? (et) ??...?? / (et) le soleil (et) la lune (et) les estoilles / (et) tot lautre fi??...?? |
| Explicit | [f. 146ra] Mes aincois q(ue) ie / delui riens uos die uos dirai ie des ou- / ures li rois phelipes son pere une par- / tie (et) de sa mere oli(n)pias fame le roi phi- / lipes (et) de quel terre elle fu nee (et) de q(ue)l / lignee . // |
Material
| Material: | Material object (4) |
| Watermark: | na |
| Condition: | Good quality parchment, with holes restricted to margins (e.g. ff. 3, 29, 37). Ink and decoration has often rubbed (esp. ff. 6v-7r). |
Structure
| Collation: | 162-11812-13614-198 |
| Quire structure: | Regular quaternions, except for the first quire (table of rubrics) and quires 12 and 13 (both defective quaternions). Quire 12 is missing its 4th and 5th leaves; quire 13 its 3rd and 6th. |
| Quire marks: | MSQuiremarkDisposition object (18) |
| Catchwords: | |
| Catchword disposition: | MSCatchwordDisposition object (4) |
Physical description
| No. of illustrations: | 114 |
| General illustration: | 114 miniatures across one or both columns. The frontispiece on f. 6v depicts the creation of Eve. For further details, see Oltrogge 1989, 312-5. |
| General decoration: | Historiated initials mark major divisions. Chapters begin with plain initials (height: 2 lines), alternating red and blue (occasionally with brown flourishing). |
| Evidence of readership: | On f. 1r, two basic sketches of dogs and accounts (mostly illegible). Lower margin of f. 2r, in a 17th-c. hand: 'Est . Prosperj . Podianj . Perusinj .' |
| Foliations description: | Modern foliation in black ink in the upper right corner of recto sides. |
Mise en page
| Description 1 | |
| Page sampled | f. 32r |
| Layout | MSLayout object (3) |
| Page dimensions | 283x210 (mm) |
| Justification | 209x140 (mm) |
| Columns | 211mm between columns Column ruling present in Colours object (6) (RulingMaterials object (5) ) |
| Lines | 42Line ruling present in Colours object (6) (RulingMaterials object (5) ) |
| Rubrication | Rubric at the start of each chapter, in the same hand or similar as that responsible for the body text. |
| Writing above top line? | False |
| Sample page layout: | |
Hand(s)
| Level of Execution: | Execution object (4) |
| Script | Script object (1) |
| Folio range | From 1va to 146ra |
| Date | ?1275 to 1325 |
| Scribe description: | A mid-sized, rounded textualis with the following traits: two-compartment 'a' (open upper bow); 'd' with a short, near-horizontal shaft; figure of 8 'g'; 'i' with occasional ticks; both straight and (less often) round 's' in final position; 'u' in initial position; rounded 3-shaped 'z', scarcely descending below the baseline. Tironian 'et' is uncrossed. |
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