COLLECTION NAME:
Sion College manuscripts
Record
Identifier:
SionL40.2/L4
Title:
BIBLE
Description:
A Bible in Latin, written in England or possibly Ireland (see f. 376v).
ff. 1-2. Medieval vellum fly-leaves. At f. 2r is a list of the books of the Bible.
ff. 3r-368r. The Bible in an unusual order, Genesis-2 Chronicles, Prayer of Manasses, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job, Sapiential books, 1, 2 Maccabees, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Minor prophets, Gospels, Pauline epistles, Acts, Apocalypse, Catholic epistles.
No psalter. Ephesians v. 2 to Acts v. 32 missing owing to the loss of a quire after f. 348. Isaiah begins a new quire (f. 217), before which there is a blank space. Six lines of verse follow Minor prophets, 'Osee saluans ... Malachias ultimus horum'.
The prologues are 36 of the common set and 16 others, shown here by *: F. Stegmüller,'Repertorium Biblicum Medii Aeviii', nos. 311, 323, 328, 327, 330, 332, 335, 341+342*, 344, 357, 350* (follows Job), 457, 462, 551, 482, 492, 494, 487, 500, 511, 510, 509*, 515, 512*, 519 + 517, 516*, 534, 522*, 526, 525*, 531, 529*, 534, 532*, 538, 535*, 539, 540*, 543, 595*, 581*, 601*, 677 (... scribens eis ab athenis siue a chorinto per timotheum), 685, 699, 707, 715, thenceforward missing (see above) to 835*, 829*, 809.
As a rule a new chapter does not begin on a new line, but is shown only by a coloured initial (see Physical Description). Line numbering by fives between the columns on ff. 3-18, 217v, 218, 274, 335v-7. f. 2 has a list of the books in the order in which they occur here, but including the psalter: the psalter cannot, however, ever have formed part of the text, since Proverbs follows Job on the same page.
The remainder was added by other hands in the thirteenth century:
ff. 368v-372v. Tables of chapters of Genesis-4 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Daniel, harmonized Gospels in one series, Acts, Maccabees.
'Hic incipiunt tituli hystoriales per totam bibliam. De creatione empirei celi ... De celebritate propter uictoriam. Expliciunt historie biblie'.
MS. Bodley 803 is another copy.
ff. 373r-376v. A table of Old Testament, Epistle, and Gospel lections of temporale and sanctorale.
Dominic occurs in the sanctorale, but not Francis; also the following English saints: Edward king and martyr, Cuthbert, Alphege, Dunstan, Aldhelm, Alban, Swithun, Kenelm, Oswald king and martyr, Edmund king and martyr.
f. 376v. (In the same hand as ff. 373-376r). 'Canon da wiafigea air ...'.
Six quatrains of Irish, the first five recording the names of the books of the Bible and the sixth written lower down the page, noting that Lent occupies 42 out of 366 days in the year.
Printed by Anne O'Sullivan in 'An Sagart', 7/4 (1964), pp. 34-35. Offprint in Lambeth Palace Library.
ff. 376v-377r. A table of numbers, in words and in Roman and Arabic numerals.
ff. 1-2. Medieval vellum fly-leaves. At f. 2r is a list of the books of the Bible.
ff. 3r-368r. The Bible in an unusual order, Genesis-2 Chronicles, Prayer of Manasses, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Job, Sapiential books, 1, 2 Maccabees, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Minor prophets, Gospels, Pauline epistles, Acts, Apocalypse, Catholic epistles.
No psalter. Ephesians v. 2 to Acts v. 32 missing owing to the loss of a quire after f. 348. Isaiah begins a new quire (f. 217), before which there is a blank space. Six lines of verse follow Minor prophets, 'Osee saluans ... Malachias ultimus horum'.
The prologues are 36 of the common set and 16 others, shown here by *: F. Stegmüller,'Repertorium Biblicum Medii Aeviii', nos. 311, 323, 328, 327, 330, 332, 335, 341+342*, 344, 357, 350* (follows Job), 457, 462, 551, 482, 492, 494, 487, 500, 511, 510, 509*, 515, 512*, 519 + 517, 516*, 534, 522*, 526, 525*, 531, 529*, 534, 532*, 538, 535*, 539, 540*, 543, 595*, 581*, 601*, 677 (... scribens eis ab athenis siue a chorinto per timotheum), 685, 699, 707, 715, thenceforward missing (see above) to 835*, 829*, 809.
As a rule a new chapter does not begin on a new line, but is shown only by a coloured initial (see Physical Description). Line numbering by fives between the columns on ff. 3-18, 217v, 218, 274, 335v-7. f. 2 has a list of the books in the order in which they occur here, but including the psalter: the psalter cannot, however, ever have formed part of the text, since Proverbs follows Job on the same page.
The remainder was added by other hands in the thirteenth century:
ff. 368v-372v. Tables of chapters of Genesis-4 Kings, Ezra, Nehemiah, Tobit, Judith, Esther, Daniel, harmonized Gospels in one series, Acts, Maccabees.
'Hic incipiunt tituli hystoriales per totam bibliam. De creatione empirei celi ... De celebritate propter uictoriam. Expliciunt historie biblie'.
MS. Bodley 803 is another copy.
ff. 373r-376v. A table of Old Testament, Epistle, and Gospel lections of temporale and sanctorale.
Dominic occurs in the sanctorale, but not Francis; also the following English saints: Edward king and martyr, Cuthbert, Alphege, Dunstan, Aldhelm, Alban, Swithun, Kenelm, Oswald king and martyr, Edmund king and martyr.
f. 376v. (In the same hand as ff. 373-376r). 'Canon da wiafigea air ...'.
Six quatrains of Irish, the first five recording the names of the books of the Bible and the sixth written lower down the page, noting that Lent occupies 42 out of 366 days in the year.
Printed by Anne O'Sullivan in 'An Sagart', 7/4 (1964), pp. 34-35. Offprint in Lambeth Palace Library.
ff. 376v-377r. A table of numbers, in words and in Roman and Arabic numerals.
Description:
Leather binding, 208 x 145 mm., early 19th century, in the same style as Sion L40.2/L13-15.
Parchment leaves.
ff. 1, 2 are medieval fly-leaves. 200 x 132mm. Written space 130 x 86 mm. 2 cols. 59 lines.
Collation of ff. 3-377: 1-17(12); 18(10); 19-30(12); 31(10); 32(8) wants 8 blank.
Initials: (i) books and many prologues begin not with a single initial but with a whole line of elongated coloured letters alternately red and blue with ornament of the other colour; (ii) to some prologues, 4-line, red or blue, with ornament of the other colour; (iii) occasionally to chapters, as (ii), but 2-line; (iv) usually to chapters, 1-line, red or blue.
Parchment leaves.
ff. 1, 2 are medieval fly-leaves. 200 x 132mm. Written space 130 x 86 mm. 2 cols. 59 lines.
Collation of ff. 3-377: 1-17(12); 18(10); 19-30(12); 31(10); 32(8) wants 8 blank.
Initials: (i) books and many prologues begin not with a single initial but with a whole line of elongated coloured letters alternately red and blue with ornament of the other colour; (ii) to some prologues, 4-line, red or blue, with ornament of the other colour; (iii) occasionally to chapters, as (ii), but 2-line; (iv) usually to chapters, 1-line, red or blue.
Date:
13th century
Language:
Latin
Rights:
LPL