Bohun Bible
Old Testament in Latin
F-rbey
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 966
Elena Iourtaeva, Houghton Library, 2018 (Born Digital)
General Information
Material vellum
Script, Hands
Written in East Anglia in a gothic book hand in reddish brown ink in two columns, 22 lines per column.
Original Condition
Page Height 450 mm
Page Width 310 mm
Height of Written Area 300 mm
Width of Written Area 197 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 90 mm
Number of Lines 22
Line Height 14 mm
Numbering
foliated "374" in upper right corner.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
2-line chapter initials are in gold, blue and light red, with foliate decoration
History
Persons and Institutions Sanborn, Ashton Rollins [former owner]
Remarks
Formerly cited as part of MS Typ 405.
Bibliography
De Hamel, Christopher, "The Bohun Bible Leaves," Script & Print: Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand 31 (2008) 49-63 and fig. 7-8.
Harvard University, "HOLLIS # 010132847"
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/010132847/catalog