Jerome — 11th century, end; France, Jumièges
MS. Bodl. 717
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Jerome — 11th century, end; France, Jumièges
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 717
Place of origin
France, Jumièges
Date
11th century, end
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
v + 291leaves
Decoration
Fine miniatures by Hugo 'pictor'with his self-portrait on fol. 287vwith the title 'Imago pictoris & illuminatoris huius operis' Fol. v verso has a large figure of Isaiah seated within a Byzantine arch, with buildings of a city above.Fol. vi recto is a picture of Jerome writing the roll of his book and Eustochium receiving it, each under a Byzantine arch. fol. vi verso is the Church (?) depicted as a female between Jerome as a scribe and Isaiah, with leonine figures above, and below a burial scene, with profusion of ornament forming an E
Fine historiated initia: fol. 2r represents Christ enthroned with Isaiah exhorting the people to turn to him ('Venite ascendamus ad montem Domini...'), the whole with lacertine ornament making up a V
Other initials chiefly in red, blue and gren
Acquisition
Presented by the dean and chapter of Exeter in 1602
Provenance
Exeter, Devon, Cathedral church of St Peter: 'Liber Ecclesie Exoniensis de communibus' (s. xiv); cf. fol. vi verso ( MLGB3)
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