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Description: | In the Middle Ages monasteries and other libraries tried to obtain copies of various essential texts. Among the most essential were the various books of the Bible, accompanied by a standard commentary, the 'Ordinary Gloss'. A compete set of the glossed books of the Bible usually ran to many volumes, and individual volumes might have only one or a few biblical books each. This copy of the Old Testament books of the prophets Jeremiah and Daniel was owned in the Middle Ages by Worcester Cathedral, according to a later note on a flyleaf.
This initial 'U', formed of a lion-like creature and a dragon-like creature, introduces the start of Jeremiah. The main text, in the central column, is written in paler brown than the marginal and interlinear glosses, suggesting that they were added afterwards as a separate stage. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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