DPL Reed MS2

1. Bible, Latin. England, late thirteenth century; cutting with signature of Richard Gumbleton, and labels of Erik von Scherling and Coulls, Somerville and Wilkie
2. Bible, Latin; Exodus 40:29–Leviticus 3:2. France or England, third quarter of the thirteenth century, f.9r
3. Bible, Latin; Leviticus 27:25–Numbers 1:40. England, late thirteenth century, .f19r
4. Bible, Latin; Isaiah 66:19–Jeremiah 1:18. France or England, third quarter of the thirteenth century, f.235r
5. Bible, Latin; Galatians 6:12–Ephesians 2:16. England, late thirteenth century, f.351v
6. Bible, Latin; I Thessalonians 3:13–II Thessalonians 1:2. England, late thirteenth century, f.355r

409 leaves. 152 by 100mm. Double column, 50 lines, ruled in leadpoint, written space 109 by 70mm; gothic bookhand.

Decoration: Two-line red and blue chapter initials throughout with contrasting penwork. Initials (mostly 6-line) in alternating red and blue, with red and blue penwork, extending the full length of the margins introduce the prologues. Decorated initials (5-, 6-, 7- and 8-line) introduce the biblical books.
Binding: Twentieth-century dark red cloth by Coulls, Somerville and Wilkie, Dunedin.
Provenance: Folios 1 and 409 have sixteenth-century marginalia. The signature of Richard Gumbleton of Brasenose College, Oxford (where he was in 1803–1806) is pasted in on the front pastedown (presumably cut from the pastedown of a previous binding). Purchased from Erik von Scherling, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), in June 1949. 
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 57; Reed Early Bibles no. 2.
Shelfmark: RMM MS 2.

Description reproduced from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections (London, 1989) by permission of the authors (Christopher de Hamel, Margaret Manion, and the family of Vera F. Vines).