Quire signatures in Roman numerals in brown ink on all quires except one (number 26). Occasional leaf numbers in Roman numerals in blue ink.
Condition
Binding/Endleaves
Stains and scratches.
Textblock
Occasional holes, for example on f. 1r, p. 12r, f. 19r, f. 21r and f. 335r. Repairs on f. 228r, f. 330r, f. 253r. On f. 329r, a piece of the parchment has been cut out. Two leaves missing after f. 361v. The edges have been trimmed, resulting in occasional loss of text.
(f. SL1r)
Top of page, in dark brown ink by a modern hand: ‘Kgl. Bibl. 1784 års Kat. Theol. in 4o no. 1.’ ‘Biblia Sacra secundum versionem Sti Hieronymi.’ Below, in pencil: ‘Synes ha tillhört Oliva Kloster, se ant. å sista bladet’, v: ‘anno Domini 1433 desolata est Oliua a Polonis Hussitis etc die Egidii.’
(f. SL3v)
Top of page, in brown ink by an early modern hand: ‘Biblia Sacra.’
(f. SR1r)
Middle of page, in pencil by a modern hand: illegible notes.
Textblock
(ff. 5v–332r)
In brown ink by a late medieval hand: annotations and corrections.
(f. 127v)
Middle column, in brown ink by a later medieval hand: ‘verba nehemie filii helchie’.
(f. 216v)
In the left margin, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘[Valafrid Strabo]’.
(f. 361v)
In light brown ink by a late medieval hand:
‘Quando fuit bellum te littera certificabit Anno domini m ccc lxx dominica Exurge quare Bellum in prusia commissum et amissum anno domini m cccc xo diuisione apostolorum Item ibi ceciderunt qui operantur iniquitatem etc Iuuenes tempore perditi belli ii annis adiunctis’.
Below this, in dark brown ink:
‘Item anno domini m cccc xxxiii desolata est Oliua a Polonis, Hussitis etc die Egidii’.
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in brown ink. Plain initials of varying size in red and blue. Rubrics, incipits and explicits in red. Incipits in brown ink, touched in red. Running titles in red and blue. Chapter numbers in red and blue. Guideletters visible. For further description, see also Lindqvist Sandgren.
(f. 5v): Puzzle initial ‘F’ in red and blue over 34 lines, with pen-flourishing and marginal stem expanding over the whole page.
(f. 8r): Plain initial ‘I’ in red and blue over 22 lines, with pen-flourishing marginal stem expanding to the lower margin.
(f. 76r); (f. 85r): Plain initials in red and blue over 13-19 lines, with pen-flourishing.
(f. 74v); (f. 92r); (f. 115r); (f. 101r); (f. 109v); (f. 140v); (f. 150v); (f. 250r); (f. 258r); (ff. 264r–264v); (f. 273r); (ff. 278r–278v) and (f. 288r) (with stems expanding over the page); (ff. 295r–295v); (f. 296r): Puzzle initials in red and blue over 8-12 lines.
(f. 31r), (f. 39r), (f. 51r): Plain intitials in red and blue over 8-9 lines, with pen-flourishing.
Plain initials in red, blue and brown ink with pen-flourishing over 2-3 lines throughout the volume.
(ff. 332rb–359vc): plain initials in blue and red over 1 line.
Binding
Early modern binding (16th or 17th century) in light yellow parchment with two cloth straps on LCO and RCO. 4 double raised bands and 2 endbands. Head, Tail and fore-edge coloured in red. Spine: In brown ink: ‘Biblia Latina’. Stamped in gold: current signum (‘A 167’). Older paper labels with the following signa: ‘1’, ‘e.30.5.18’. In brown ink: ‘127’ and a paper label with the signum ‘63’ and some illegible text.
The manuscript probably belonged to the Cistercian monastery at Oliwa (see note on f. 361v) in the 15th century. The volume was most likely brought to Sweden as spoils of war during the Thirty Years' War. In the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e, p. 43) listed as no. 1 of the quarto manuscripts.
