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Pseudo-Abdias Babyloniae, Historiae apostolicae

Liber 6, (De historia beatorum Jacobi, Simonis, et Juda, fratrum), Cap. XIX-XXI

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1503

Birthe Verscuren, KU Leuven, 2023 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2024.

General Information

Title Pseudo-Abdias Babyloniae, Historiae apostolicae
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1503
Former Shelfmarks Fragm. 617
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Germany
Date of Origin 11th century (possibly around 1100)
Script, Hands

Carolingian minuscule, one hand.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 102 mm
Page Width at least 310 mm
Height of Written Area at least 20 mm
Width of Written Area at least 178 mm
Width of Columns 100 mm
Number of Lines at least 5
Line Height 7 mm
Ruling Full blind-point ruling
More about the Condition
The original number of columns per page is uncertain.

Current Condition

Extent 2 strips
Dimensions 102 x 310 mm (strip 1); 62 x 180 mm (strip 2)
More about the Current Condition

Fol. [1]v and [2]v are not very legible because these sides were glued against the spine. There are holes in the parchment where the raised bands were. There are fragments of thread possibly used to sew on the head bands.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Pseudo-Abdias Babyloniae
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Historiae apostolicae
    • Content Description

      Fol. [1]r contain Liber 6, (De historia beatorum Jacobi, Simonis, et Juda, fratrum), cap. XIX-XXI; the other sides are difficult to read.
    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Giles, John Allen, ed., The Uncanonical gospels and other writings (London: D. Nutt, 1852), i, p. 389-390
    • Remarks

      Apocryphal Biblical text attributed to bishop Abdias of Babylon, according to a prologue to the text which is itself attributed to Sextus Julius Africanus.

History

Provenance

The fragments were part of the collection of Jozef-Maria De Smet until his death in 1996. They were acquired by KU Leuven Bibliotheken in August 2008, together with fragm. Ms. 20 and Ms. 1504-1508.
Persons and Institutions Jozef-Maria De Smet (Previous owner)

Host Volume

Remarks

The strips were glued to each other and then used as spine liner for an otherwise unknown host volume.
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