Shelfmark	MS. Lat. bib. e. 7
Summary Catalogue no.	Not in SC (late accession): description unpublished, only available in Library
Summary of contents	Bible and Select Masses ('The de Brailes Bible').
Language	Latin
Origin	English, Oxford
Date	13th century, second quarter
Material	parchment

Decoration	Historiated and decorated initials.
Provenance	Made in Oxford, for a Dominican(?); Prior Johannes Linden, presented to Nicholas Boheler of Spira (Speyer or Spiere?), 15th cent.; Isabella Fernandes, presented to the Sodality of the Immaculate Conception, Antwerp, 1647; Alfred Pfeiffer, with his bookplate; Olschki, 1915, sold to C. W. Dyson Perrins, his sale 1/21/59, lot 59; bought at Sotheby's 5 July 1976, lot 81.
Manuscript image	fol. 406r Initial A, at beginning of index. Dragons.

Bibliography	Suzanne Lewis, Reading images: narrative discourse and reception in the thirteenth-century illuminated Apocalypse, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, p. 349 n. 36; Christopher de Hamel, A history of illuminated manuscripts, 2nd edn., London 1994, p. 140 Bodleian shelfmark: BDH = R; The History of the University of Oxford, vol. II, Late Medieval Oxford, eds. J. I. Catto & Ralph Evans, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992, p. xxxii [list of unprinted sources]; Malcolm B. Parkes, 'Buchversorgung und Buchgebrauch in den Ordenshäusern der Oxforder Universität', in Der Codex im Gebrauch, eds. Christel Meier, Dagmar Hüpper & Hagen Keller (Akten des Internationalen Kolloquiums 11. - 13. Juni 1992) (Münstersche Mittelalter-Schriften, 70), Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1992, pp. 109-126, at p. 115; Pierre Riché & Guy Lobrichon, eds., Le Moyen Age et la Bible (Bible de tous les temps, 4), Paris: Editions Beauchesne, 1984, p. 92


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Jerome's Prologue.
Initial F(rater Ambrosius). Dragon.

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Jerome's Prologue.
Miniature of Moses, horned with flames.

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Genesis.
Initial I(n). God creating earth; dividing waters; creating grass and trees; sun and moon; shaping man from clay. Crucifixion, with Virgin and St. John Evangelist.

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Exodus.
Initial H(ec)

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Leviticus.
Initial U(ocavit). God speaks to Moses.

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Numbers.
Initial L(ocutus). God speaks to Moses.

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Deuteronomy.
Initial H(ec). Moses speaking to the people.

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Joshua.
Initial E(t). Joshua speaking to the people.

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Judges.
Initial P(ost). Samson fights with lion; man in hood.

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Ruth.
Initial I(n). Dragon.

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Kings I (Samuel I, A.V.).
Initial F(uit). King seated. Dragon.

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Kings II (Samuel I, A.V.).
Initial F(actum). King seated. Dragon.

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Kings III (Kings I, A.V.).
Initial E(t).

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Kings IV (Kings II, A.V.).
Initial P(revaricatus). King seated. Man lying on back.

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Paralipomenon I (Chronicles I, A.V.)
Initial A(dam). Dragons. ?Chronicler.

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Paral. II. (Chron. II, A.V.).
Initial C(onfortatus). Solomon.

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Esdras (Ezra, A.V.).
Initial I(n). Dragon.

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Judith.
Initial A(rfaxat). Judith praying.

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Esther.
Initial I(n). Dragon.

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Job.
Initial U(ir). God and Satan discuss Job.

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Psalm 1.
Initial B(eatus). David playing harp.

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Psalm 26(27 A.V.).
Initial D(ominus illuminatio). David and Samuel; hand of God crowns David. (I Kings / I Sam. XVI, 1-13).

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Psalm 38(39 A.V.).
Initial D(ixi custodiam). David covers mouth. Dragon.

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Psalm 51(52 A.V.)
Initial Q(uid gloriaris). David and Goliath. David; beasts twined in coils of tail.

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Psalm 52(53 A.V.).
Initial D(ixit insipiens). David holding head. Birds.

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Psalm 68(69 A.V.).
Initial S(alvum me fac). Jonah and whale. God above. Dragon.

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Psalm 80(81 A.V.).
Initial E(xultate). Jacob wrestling with angel. (Gen. XXXII, 24-32. Hosea XII, 3-4).

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Psalm 97(98 A.V).
Initial C(antate) . Clerics singing.

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Psalm 101(102 A.V.).
Initial D(omine exaudi). King David with raised arm praying.

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Psalm 109(110 A.V.).
Initial D(ixit dominus).God raises hand in blessing. Dragon bites initial.

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Extract from Missal text.
Preface initial P(er). Dragon. Initial U(ere).

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Extract from Missal text.
Canon initial T(e igitur).

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Proverbs.
Initial P(arabole). Solomon. Dragon.

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Song of Solomon.
Initial O(sculetur). Solomon embraces a woman.

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Wisdom of Solomon.
Initial D(iligite). Solomon seated, holding sceptre.

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Ecclesiasticus.
Initial O(mnis). Solomon seated, with sword.

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Isaiah.
Initial V(isio). Isaiah asleep in bed; angel in cloud above. Birds.

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Jeremiah.
Initial U(erba). Jeremiah seated with book. Dragon.

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Lamentations.
Initial E(t). Jeremiah holds cloak to his eyes, weeping.

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Baruch.
Initial H(ec). Baruch writes; Jeremiah, below, dictates. Dragon.

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Letter of Jeremiah (Baruch VI).
Initial P(ropter). Dragon.

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Ezekiel.
Initial E(t). Ezekiel holding scroll.

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Daniel.
Initial A(nno). Daniel praying in the den with six lions. Dragon.

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As above.

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Hosea. Initial V(erbum). Hosea looks up to the hand of God from clouds. Coiled dragons.

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Joel. Initial U(erbum). Joel lifts hand towards hand of God, blessing from heaven.

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Amos.
Initial V(erba). Amos holds cloak to his face. Coiled dragons.

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Obadiah.
Initial U(isio). Obadiah asleep in bed.

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Jonah.
Initial E(t). Jonah comes out of the whale; God in cloud blesses him. Nineveh behind.

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Habakkuk.
Initial O(nus). Habakkuk points to heaven.

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Zephaniah.
Initial U(erbum). Dragon; hawk.

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Zechariah.
Initial I(n). Dragon; hawk.

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Malachi.
Initial O(nus). Coiled dragons biting initial.

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I Maccabees.
Initial E(t). Two knights in square helmets with shields.

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Matthew.
Initial L(iber).

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Luke.
Initial F(uit). Dragon.

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John.
Initial I(n principio). Dragon.

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Romans.
Initial P(aulus). Conversion of St. Paul; he falls off horse (Acts IX). White beast bites initial, head and tail cropped.

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II Corinthians.
Initial P(aulus). Dragon.

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Galatians.
Initial P(aulus). Hawk.

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Ephesians.
Initial P(aulus). St. Paul seated with sword.

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Colossians.
Initial P(aulus). Man wearing coif, crawling on all fours. Dragon.

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I Thessalonians.
Initial P(aulus). Three dragons; two coiled, biting initial.

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a) II Thessalonians.
Initial P(aulus). Dragon.
b) I Timothy.
Initial P(aulus).

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II Timothy.
Initial P(aulus). Dragon.

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Titus.
Initial P(aulus). White lion.

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Philemon.
Initial P(aulus). Peacock; coiled dragons.

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Acts.
Initial P(rimum). Dragon.

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I Peter.
Initial P(etrus). St. Peter holding key and book.

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I John.
St. John the Evangelist, beardless, holding book.

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a) II John.
Initial S(enior). St. John the Evangelist, bearded (as the Ancient) holding scroll; four young men look up to him.
b) III John.
Initial S(enior). The same.
c) Jude. I(udas).
St. Jude. Dragon.

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Apocalypse.
Initial A(pocalypsis). St. John the Evangelist writing.

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Initial A, at beginning of index. Dragons.
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