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Book of Esther – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1235 – 1245 CE; 1300 – 1400 CE · Paris · 160 mm

F-b675

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

Fragment consisting of Esther 5:4-8:17, possibly used by Franciscans at Oxford (based on the numbering of lines of the text and marginalia found in a similar manuscript).

Fragment begins at: Esther 5:4 “r[espond]it si regi placet” ;

Ends at: Esther 8:17 “Apud omnes” ;

Preceding fragment would end at: “dabitur tibi at illa” ;

next fragment would start at: “populos urbes atque provincias”

(HOLLIS, Harvard University; Elena Iourtaeva)
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Online Since
07/07/2018

Book of Esther

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1235 – 1245 CE; 1300 – 1400 CE · Paris · 160 mm

F-b675

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2

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Book of Esther (Fragment), Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-b675)

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Online Since
07/07/2018

Book of Esther – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1235 – 1245 CE; 1300 – 1400 CE · Paris · 160 mm

F-b675

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2

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Online Since
07/07/2018
Century
  • 13th century
  • 14th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Gothic Script (generic)
Liturgica
  • Bible
Paris
  • Role: Not Specified
  • Authority Source: BNF

Book of Esther

F-b675

Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2
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Book of Esther, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 441.2
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