Item Info

Script: Cursive
Language: Latin
Folio Number: flyleaf spread
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

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This item appeared in the exhibition "Sacred Stories: The World's Religious Traditions" in the Rare Book Department, August 2015-January 2016.

This is the label from that exhibition:

Small single-volume ‘portable’ Christian Bibles were widely produced in the 13th century, and they continued to circulate for centuries, eventually becoming some of the most collected medieval manuscripts. Determining the ownership and history of these bibles can be difficult, but the flyleaves of this bible record the names of over a dozen notable prior owners: including 16th century scholar Thomas Dackomb; 18th century antiquarian John Ives; and collector John Frederick Lewis, whose widow donated the book to the Free Library in 1936.

Notes: Ownership inscriptions
Notes: This manuscript contains the signatures of sixteen different owners, from Thomas Dackomb, who owned the book in 1556 (and whose signature appears on the top of the right-hand page shown here) to John Frederick Lewis, who bequeathed it to the Free Library in 1936. This page contains the oldest inscriptions, but notations of successive owners continue for three more pages. Many of the owners passed the book on to relatives, but eventually a bookseller in London acquired it and sold it to Lewis in 1911.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1583567
Country: Country:England

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1250
Image Dimensions Width: 142 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 30