This portable Latin-Bible contains the Old (ff. 5v-344v) and the
New Testament (ff. 346r-435v), preceded by St. Jerome’s prologues
to the whole Bible and to the Pentateuch (ff. 4r-5v) and followed
by the interpretation of Hebrew names (ff. 436r-471v). There are
illuminated initials (ff. 5v, 190v, 364v und 377v), and gilded ones
and initials decorated with pen flourishes in red and blue. Some
leaves (2, 3, 345, 357, 472) are missing or were cropped. As we
come to know from the explicit on f. 471v, this manuscript was
copied in 1440 by Jean Comte (Comitis) of Warmarens (Vuarmarens,
FR), parish priest in Billens (FR). RCap 243 is from the library of
the Capuchin monastery of Sion, an order present in the city since
the 17th century. A handwritten note of ownership on the front
pastedown indicates that in 1785 this Bible was owned by the
Capuchin Josef Alexius [Eggo] von Leuk (1761-1840; guardian in
Saint Maurice from 1805 to 1808, in Sion from 1808 to 1811 and from
1819 to 1822).
Place
Preferred form
Canton of Fribourg (Switzerland) (?)
Original form
Canton of Fribourg (probably)
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
