Manuscript 44: Bible. Book of 1 Chronicles (ch. 1, vs. 17-46 with commentary).
Title
Manuscript 44: Bible. Book of 1 Chronicles (ch. 1, vs. 17-46 with commentary).
Date
1115
Description
Bible. Old Testament. Chronicles. Vellum leaf, written in 12th century book hand. France 1115 AD. Thought to have been written in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint. Oyan.
Extent
160 x 242 mm Written Space: 132 x 171 mm
Physical Form
Manuscript
Type of Resource
Still Image
Note
Text of commentary: On the recto there are five independent paragraphs of commentary to the left of the biblical text and to the right there are three paragraphs, though the first is also interlinear. On the verso there are four independent paragraphs of commentary to the left of the biblical text and two to the right with some of the interlinear commentary spilling out into the right column. There are six interlinear comments on the recto (excluding the comment that takes up interlinear as well as marginal space. On the verso there are eight interlinear comments (also excluding the comments that take up interlinear and marginal space).
Outline: 42 lines and three columns delineated with a stylus. The layout of the columns is interesting, because at times the commentary is interlinear, but most of it is marginal (both sides). thus while there are three columns, the two columns on either side spill into the central column at times. The left column of the recto is 23 x 171 mm; the right column is 43 x 171 mm. The outline is followed as a mirror image on the verso.|Script: Late Carolingian. The marginal and interlinear commentary is written in the same hand as the biblical text, though smaller. The biblical text is written in black ink. The commentary in brown.|Information from Catalogue: Bible. O.T. Chronicles. Vellum leaf, written in 12th century book hand. France 1115 A.D. Thought to have been written in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Oyan.
Additional Notes: This MS is in good condition. Black ink is used for the biblical text and a lighter brown for the commentary. "2" is penciled in on upper right corner of the recto. The verso has a red smudge at the bottom, perhaps where the rubricator dripped some ink, though there is no rubrication on this leaf. The recto is the hair side, the verso the flesh side.
The commentary on the biblical text is separated into independent paragraphs. Often the commentary is geographic in nature, but also seeks to explain words. For instance from the word heber in the incipit a line is drawn to a comment just above which states "a quo hebrer." Once a comment is used to correct a mistake in the biblical text. The 9th line of the verso reads: "Soror autem lothar thamna." The word "fuit" appears as an interlinear note between "lothar" and "thamna."
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