Lot 1278 , Two non-consecutive vellum leaves from an illuminated bible, containing elements of St Paul’s epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Thessalonians and to Timothy; perhaps English, second quarter of the 13th century, 296 x

Two non-consecutive vellum leaves from an illuminated bible, containing elements of St Paul’s epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, Thessalonians and to Timothy; perhaps English, second quarter of the 13th century, 296 x 216mm, two columns of 47 lines, each 180 x 61mm, written in black ink in a small gothic bookhand; versal initials, letters of running headings and chapter numbers alternately of red or blue, chapter initials alternately of red or blue with flourishing of the contrasting colour, with exaggerated descenders ton letters A and E; two illuminated letters P, both descending into the bottom margin, one encapsulating an image of the apostle Paul holding a text, the other with floral decoration; staves of red and blue and flourishing of the same colours; minor dampstaining to both folios.
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Folio 1 recto
Epistle to the Galatians from verse 7:
7 [Nolite errare Deus] non irridetur.
To the end:
18 gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum spiritu vestro fratres amen.
Explicit epistola ad Galathas incipit argumentum in epistola ad Ephesios. Ephesii sunt Asiam. Hii accepto verbo veritatis prostiterunt in fide. Hos collaudat apostolus, scribens eis a Roma de carcere per Titum [recte Titicum] diaconum. Explicit argumentum.

Epistles to the Ephesians from the first epistle; portrait of St Paul in the initial capital Paulus apostolus Iesu Christi per voluntatem Dei ..
To chapter 2 verse 11:
11 Propter quod memores estote quod aliquando vos gentes in carne, qui dicimini præputium [ab ea quæ dicitur circumcisio in carne, manu facta]

Folio 1 verso
Second epistle to the Ephesians continues from recto, verse 11:
11 [Propter quod memores estote quod aliquando vos gentes in carne, qui dicimini præputium] ab ea quæ dicitur circumcisio in carne, manu facta
To the end:
22 in quo et vos coædificamini in habitaculum Dei in Spiritu sancto.

Third epistle to the Ephesians; complete

Fourth epistle to the Ephesians, to verse 19:
19 qui desperantes, semetipsos tradiderunt im[pudicitiæ, in operationem immunditiæ omnis in avaritiam.]

Folio 2 recto
Second epistle to the Thessalonians from Chapter 1 verse 8:
8 [in flamma ignis dantis vindictam iis qui non noverunt Deum, et qui non obediunt Evangelio Domini nostri Jesu] Christi, 9 qui poenas dabunt …
To the end of Chapter 3:
18 Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum omnibus vobis. Amen.
Explicit secunda epistola ad Thessalonias incipit argumentum in epistola prima ad Timotheam, scribens eis ab Athenis ab urbe Roma. Explicit argumentum.

Epistle to Timothy
Chapter 1 verses 1-4
Illuminated P Paulus apostolus Christi….
To verse 4:
4 neque intenderent fabulis et genealogiis interminatis quae quaestiones praestant magis quam [aedificationem Dei quae est in fide]

Folio 2 verso
Continues from recto, verse 4:
4 [neque intenderent fabulis et genealogiis interminatis quae quaestiones praestant magis quam] aedificationem Dei quae est in fide.
To Chapter 4 verse 1:
1 Spiritus autem manifeste dicit quia in novissimis [temporibus discedent quidam a fide adtendentes spiritibus erroris et doctrinis daemoniorum]
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