Versified summaries of Bible books and chapters in the Old testament added by a 15th century hand. On the text, see further Doležalová (2013), pp. 163–184.
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 andf. 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
(f. 1r)
In dark brown ink by a medieval hand: 15-line mnemonic verse, ‘disce per hoc scriptum quid sit vel quando legendum’, see Walther, Initia carminum 4536. Libris 655979
(f. 2r)
In brown ink by a medieval hand: 8-line mnemonic verse about the books of the Bible, beginning ‘Sunt genes ex le nu deu Jo iu ruth rex pal es ne’, see RB, no. 8616.
(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 by a contemporary hand:
‘Item anno domini m cccc xxxiii desolata est Oliua a Polonis, Hussitis etc die Egidii’
Decorations
Textblock
Main text in brown ink. Puzzle initials in red and blue. Rubrics, incipits and explicits in red. Running titles in red and blue. Chapter numbers in red and blue. Capitals touched in red.
(f. 5v); (f. 8r): Large puzzle initial in red and blue. Puzzle initials over ca 2-12 lines throughout the volume; plain initials in red, blue and brown ink. On (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: Top, in brown ink: ‘Biblia Latina’. Middle, stamped in gold: current signum (‘A 167’). Below this, older paper labels with the following signa: ‘1’, ‘e.30.5.18’. Bottom, in brown ink: ‘127’. Below this 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. Thereafter, it belonged to the Dietrichstein library in Mikulov (source?) and was most likely brought to Sweden as war booty during the Thirty Years' War. In the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e, p. 43) listed as no 1 of the quarto manuscripts.
