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Obj. ID: 1204
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts
  Vatican French Bible, France ?, last third of 13th c.

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Vatican French Bible | Unknown
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Date
Last third of 13th century
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France
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Vatican | Vatican Library
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Custom
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Codicology

Vellum, I 573 II (574 1) leaves, 380 x 265mm, text space 250 x 160mm, height of text with massorah (fols. 2-239v, 466v-500) 320-330mm. Written in square Ashkenazi script, in brown ink. 30 lines per page, in 2 columns, 3 on top 5 on bottom for massorah magna. Ruling by stylus and in ink 3 30 (unnoticeable) 5 horizontal and 2 3 2 vertical lines per page. Pricking is noticeable in the upper, outer and lower margins. 74 quires of 8 leaves, except for IX&&4&&, XIX&&10&&, XXX&&4&&, LIII&&6&&, LXI&&10&&, LXIV&&4&&, LXXIV&&1&&. Catchwords appear in the lower left-hand corner of the last verso of each quire. Fols. 150v-151, 235, 282v-283, 354v-355, 414v-415, 500v are blank (when a book and a quire end at the same time). The names of the books are written in Latin by the same hand which numerated the manuscript. Hebrew numeration to Psalms by the scribe and later hands.

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Façade (main)
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Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Colophon
None.
Scribal Notes
Name of the scribe is written from time to time at the end of a book: ag. fols. 69, 282, 354: חזק יצחק ואמץ: "Strength Isaac and be strong" Fol. 528v: חזק יצחק ואמץ ברוך הנותן ליעף כח ולאין אנים עצמה ירבה אמן
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Decoration Program

 A. Initial words: the names of some of the books are written in large letters surrounded by a line or by dots ( e.g. fols.: 1v- Genesis, 38v- Exodus, 69v-Leviticus, 91v- Numbers, 122v- Deutronomy, 171- Judges, 190- Samuel, 235v- Kings.).

B. Micrography for the massorah magna: in various geometrical or as animal shapes. Among the geometrical forms written in the margins are zigzag (e.g. fols.: 1v, 2, 4, 10, 17, 26, 54, 117v, 230, 468v, 490v), Wavy line (fols.: 2, 49v, 58, 61v, 478), roundels (fols.: 3v 60v, 84v), lozenges (fols.: 3v, 30, 183v, 468v, 492), triangles, sometimes pointed in between the two columns ( fols.: 8v, 30, 56v, 123v, 175, 204, 469v), semi circles (fols.: 10v, 32, 52, 220, 469, 493). Among the micrographic animals are 0ong-necked birds (fols.: 2, 5, 15, 28v, 62v, 67v, 68, 81, 100v, 109v), long-necked quadrapeds (fols. 5v, 24, 30v, 45, 69, 70, 82, 101), a full body bird ( fols. 12v, 42v), a full body unidentified animal ( fol. 90v), a long-tailed dragon ( fols.: 46, 64), human face (fol. 86v). In all cases facial features were added to the body shaped by micrography. There also an axe shape (fols.: 4v, 45, 141), fleur de lys (fols: 5v, 25) a tree (fol. 31), a key (fol. 97), and some unidentified shapes (fols. 12, 100, 108, 181).

Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Fols. 573v-574, Owner's inscription concerning purchase of the book from the years 1299, 1309, 1429.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Hebrew Manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue. Compiled by the staff of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem; edited by Benjamin Richler; paleographical and codicological descriptions Malachi Beit-Arie in collaboration with Nurit Pasternak. Citta del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2008, pp. 102.
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Documenter
Yael Zirlin | 1982-1984
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Section Head
Michal Sternthal | 02.2016
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