DPL Reed MMF2

Bible, Latin. England, twelfth century

Single leaf. 295mm by 215mm. Double column, 26 lines, ruled in leadpoint, written space 226 by 138mm; Romanesque bookhand.

Text: John 9:7–34.
Provenance: Script is similar to Christ Church, Oxford, MS. lat. 88, written at Buildwas Abbey and dated 1167 (see J. M. Sheppard, The Buildwas Books, 1997, 1–5). Purchased from A. G. Thomas, Bournemouth, catalogue 13 (1963), no. 45.
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 66; Reed Early Bibles no. 9.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 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).