Details
Original Date Issued
1400
Place of Origin
Physical Description
Description
"Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"), 2ff. The "Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum" ("Book of Interpretation of Hebrew Names") was often found as part of the fore-matter of medieval and Renaissance Bibles penned in France, especially in Paris. It is an alphabetical list, with quite fanciful etymologies or origins, of Hebrew proper names in the Bible.nnIn hand are two large conjugate leaves (i.e., four pages), the very attractive "spread" measuring 32.5 cm x 45.5 cm (h x w) (or 12.75 x 18"). The text is penned in an extraordinarily neat, even impeccable hand in sepia ink, using a modified and sometimes semi-rounded gothic textura hand, in triple-column format with 49 lines per column, on large pages with very ample margins. One folio contains the entries Anatha to Araphah on its two sides, the other Badam to Benael. Each entered name begins with at least a large one-line initial in red or blue, and each time the third letter of a name changes from that of the previous entry, the initial of that name is a large two-line one embellished with tracery in the margin and with decorative in-fill. Thus, a typical page has 8 large red or blue initials with contrasting tracery and 55 to 60 smaller initials in red or blue.nnFine quality vellum, supple and white. As pleasing to look at, as interesting for content.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439425/datastream/PDF/view
Note
"Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"), 2ff. The "Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum" ("Book of Interpretation of Hebrew Names") was often found as part of the fore-matter of medieval and Renaissance Bibles penned in France, especially in Paris. It is an alphabetical list, with quite fanciful etymologies or origins, of Hebrew proper names in the Bible. In hand are two large conjugate leaves (i.e., four pages), the very attractive "spread" measuring 32.5 cm x 45.5 cm (h x w) (or 12.75 x 18"). The text is penned in an extraordinarily neat, even impeccable hand in sepia ink, using a modified and sometimes semi-rounded gothic textura hand, in triple-column format with 49 lines per column, on large pages with very ample margins. One folio contains the entries Anatha to Araphah on its two sides, the other Badam to Benael. Each entered name begins with at least a large one-line initial in red or blue, and each time the third letter of a name changes from that of the previous entry, the initial of that name is a large two-line one embellished with tracery in the margin and with decorative in-fill. Thus, a typical page has 8 large red or blue initials with contrasting tracery and 55 to 60 smaller initials in red or blue. Fine quality vellum, supple and white. As pleasing to look at, as interesting for content.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439425/datastream/PDF/view
Resource Type
Identifier
mu:439425
Digital Creation Date
2023-06-29
Date Modified
2023-06-29