Item Info

Script: Transitional script (praegothica)
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial D with St. Jerome
Notes: This initial begins Jerome's preface to the Pentateuch, "Desederii mei desideratas accepi epistolas ...." The Pentateuch is the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament in the Christian faith: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Jerome, who lived from ca. 347 to 420, translated the Hebrew and Greek books of the Bible into Latin in a translation known as the Vulgate. He also wrote prefaces for the different books of the Bible which were copied with the books of Bible throughout the Middle Ages.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1625398
Country: Country:Italy
Cardinal Point:central

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1199
Image Dimensions Width: 508 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 68:21