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- [13 cent., second ½]. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
i, 517 ff. : Very thin parchment ; 128 x 85 mm. (written space 90 x 62 mm.). Smooth blind-stamped calf, second half 16 cent., pastedowns from a manuscript of Gratian's Decretum of 12/13 cent.
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Archival history
Note of receipt of payment 'pro scriptione libri Magistri Doctoris Rydley' [?Dr Robert Ridley of Cambridge, died 1536, see Emden, BRUC] f. 515 verso; on f. 516, 'John Biglen', 16 cent.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 46; 3 July 1984
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Scope and content
A pocket Bible, the books in the usual order and with the usual prologues of thirteenth century French Bibles (see N. R. Ker and A. J. Piper, Medieval manuscripts in British libraries (Oxford, 1969- ), I, 96-7) except that a prologue to the Book of Wisdom is wanting. Decoration of good quality: historiated initials on f. 1 (St Jerome writing) and f. 4 (the seven days of the Creation in roundels and a crucifixion) and initials embodying monsters, lions, birds, cats, etc. for all Books and prologues. Followed on ff. 471-508 verso by the dictionary of Hebrew names and, on ff. 510-16, added in a contemporary hand, a Franciscan list of liturgical readings for the temporale, sanctorale and commune. On f. 518 verso in an English hand of the second half of the thirteenth century are the verses Pocula ianus amat februarius algeo clamat (Walther 14217).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Latin.
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Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22050A [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English