Biblia Sacra Vulgata

Deuteronomy

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 771

Remarks by the Editor

The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. 

General Information

Title Biblia Sacra Vulgata
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 771
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 9th or 10th century
Script, Hands

A fine Caroline minuscule written by a single hand. 

General Remarks

From the same parent manuscript as Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, FRG 203. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 20
Line Height 9 – 10 mm
Ruling not visible
More about the Condition

The front pasetdown leaf shows the true verso side, the rear the recto, indicated by the running titles above the text block on both, 'LIB[ER]' and 'DEUTERO NOMEN'.

Current Condition

Extent 2 leaves from the same parent manuscript
Dimensions 271 x 192 mm (front pastedown); 271 x 192 mm (back pastedown)
More about the Current Condition

The two leaves have been repurposed as pastedowns at the front and rear of the host volume. The leaves' reverses are inaccessible. 

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The parchment is stained and the text faded in places. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

No decoration.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Biblia Sacra Vulgata
    • Content Description

      Two leaves with sections from Dueteronomy:

      front pastedown: Deuteronomy 19:9-18: "...custodieris mandata ejus et feceris quæ hodie p[ræ]cip<io>...dilig-/-entissime p[er]scrutantes invenerint falsum testem di<xisse>..."

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      rear pastedown: Deuteronomy 12:29-13:6: "...habitaveris in terra earum: cave ne imiteris eas, postquam...feres malu[m] de medio tui. Si tibi voluerit p[er]suadere..."

    • front pastedown

Host Volume

Title Vincentius Bellovacensis, Opuscula
Date of Origin/Publication 13 December 1481
Place of Origin/Publication Basel
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 771
Persons Johann Amerbach
Remarks

15th-century dark brown stamped leather binding over wooden boards.

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ISTC No.: iv00277000

Bibliography

  • On the host volume:

    Luginbühl, Marianne and Heinz Bothien. Meisterwerke des Frühen Buchdrucks: Die Inkunabel-Schätze der Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau aus den Klöstern von Ittingen, Fischingen und Kreuzlingen. Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber, 2011, p. 593.