Italian Bible] BIBLE WITH PROLOGUES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF HEBREW NAMES, IN LATIN. [ITALY (PROBABLY BOLOGNA)], DATED 1273 Vellum (ca. 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.; 370 x 250 mm), i+i+512+i leaves, quire signatures ‘a’ to ‘r’ (ff.1-201), too tightly bound to allow confident collation, 2 columns, 46 lines (ca. 233 x 70-15-70 mm), 72 HISTORIATED INITIALS with foliate extensions at beginning of biblical books, the first with an angel in the lower border, 73 DECORATED FOLIATE INITIALS at beginning of prologues and explicits, flourished initials for chapters, occasionally with tiny instructions in brown ink in upper and outer margins, lacking leaves with historiated initials at the beginning of Genesis, 2 Chronicles, Ezra I, Job, Psalms, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Matthew, and a few text leaves at the end (the Interpretations of Hebrew names ending in the ‘O’s), first leaf rubbed, a few quires at beginning with vertical creases, text occasionally rubbed and margins stained but historiated and decorated initials generally in very fine condition, a few text leaves in quire "g" affected by water damage, chapter numbers and running headers adapted where gaps occur, 15th-century Italian brown leather covers with original brass bosses over wooden boards, rebacked, new clasps, boxed.
Italian Bible] BIBLE WITH PROLOGUES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF HEBREW NAMES, IN LATIN. [ITALY (PROBABLY BOLOGNA)], DATED 1273 Vellum (ca. 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.; 370 x 250 mm), i+i+512+i leaves, quire signatures ‘a’ to ‘r’ (ff.1-201), too tightly bound to allow confident collation, 2 columns, 46 lines (ca. 233 x 70-15-70 mm), 72 HISTORIATED INITIALS with foliate extensions at beginning of biblical books, the first with an angel in the lower border, 73 DECORATED FOLIATE INITIALS at beginning of prologues and explicits, flourished initials for chapters, occasionally with tiny instructions in brown ink in upper and outer margins, lacking leaves with historiated initials at the beginning of Genesis, 2 Chronicles, Ezra I, Job, Psalms, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and Matthew, and a few text leaves at the end (the Interpretations of Hebrew names ending in the ‘O’s), first leaf rubbed, a few quires at beginning with vertical creases, text occasionally rubbed and margins stained but historiated and decorated initials generally in very fine condition, a few text leaves in quire "g" affected by water damage, chapter numbers and running headers adapted where gaps occur, 15th-century Italian brown leather covers with original brass bosses over wooden boards, rebacked, new clasps, boxed.
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