Part of a complete bible in four volumes, three of which have
survived (Min. 2, Min. 3, Min. 4), listed in the Allerheiligen
Abbey register of books from about 1100 (Min. 17, f. 306v).
Contents: Samuel, Kings, Chronicles. Written in two columns, by one
hand, with numerous corrections on erasures. The initial I on the
incipit page (f. 7v) corresponding to 24 lines, the F on the
ornamental page (f. 10v) corresponding to 22 lines, and the
initials with scroll ornamentation at the beginning of the
individual books and prologues are executed in pen with red ink;
their inner grounds are pale blues and greens, which differ from
the rich colors in Min. 3 and Min. 4. Signs of wear and
discoloration on f. 1r and f. 261v suggest that the manuscript
remained unbound until it received its current binding in the 15th
century. The wooden boards are covered with brown Cuir de Cordoue
embossed with animal and plant motifs; the same motifs also
decorate the perforated base plate of the two central brass bosses.
