1 Leaf 1500 Incunabula Latin Medieval Bible Blue Red Green + Very ORNATE Initial

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1 Leaf 1500 Incunabula Latin Medieval Bible Blue Red Green + Very ORNATE Initial:
$400.00

First of all, this is the very last leaf from the 1500 or 1501 LatinVulgate and I saved the most beautiful one for the last. It has a very ornate initial letter with red, blue, and brownink around the letter P, all done by the contemporary rubricator (seethe 1st scanned image). It is absolutely amazing!When one hears about a textual variant in the Bible, the reaction should not be\"I\'ve never heard of that before!\" or \"That\'s not in myKing James Version of the Bible!\" but rather the response should be,\"What was originally written by Paul in his Epistle toTitus?\" At Titus 1:4 Paul’s greeting is the simple: “Grace andpeace, from God the Father and Jesus Christ our Saviour.” The simple phrase “grace and peace” isstrongly supported by the best and earliest manuscripts, including the GreekCodex Sinaiticus, the original hand of Greek Codex Ephraimi Rescriptus, GreekCodex Bezae, several Greek uncials, many Greek minuscules, Old Latinmanuscripts, Jerome’s Latin Vulgate (as seen here, with “gratia et pax”),the Syriac Peshitta, the Sahidic Coptic, and the Bohairic Coptic. This is very strong support, indeed. Bruce Metzger, Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, p. 653, says thatthis early reading is “the typically Pauline epistolary salutation.” What happened is that some scribe lateradded the noun “mercy,” based on its use elsewhere in Paul’s letters. The inferior King James Version has thislater version of the text with “Grace, mercy, and peace,” but it does notrepresent the original text as written by Paul. Avery large leaf from a Latin Vulgate Bible published in Nuremberg in 1500 bythe printer, Anton Koberger.This is just forty-five years afterGutenberg\'s first Bible of 1455! By definition, an incunabulum (thesingular of \"incunabula\") or \"incunable\" (French) or\"inkunabel\" (German) must be printed from 1455 to1500. In Latin, the term \"incunabula\" means\"baby clothes\" or \"things of the cradle,\" and can refer tothe earliest stages or first traces in the development of anything.This leaf has red rubrication marks all added by a scribe\'s own hand, and thereare scores of red marks through the first letter of each verse, as well as thetitle listed at the top of each sideof the leaf. Theredcolor is strong and fresh-looking. Size of thesheet isabout 8 in. x11 1/2 in. The heading in Latin is \"Ad TimotheumII,\" which means \"Paul\'s Second Epistle to Timothy.\" Thetext contains II Timothy, chapters 2-4, and Titus, chapters 1-2.This leaf has four (4) handwritten initial letters in red ink, as well as the multi-colored ornate initial (described above). One very interesting and unique aspect of this printing of theLatin Vulgate Bible is BEFORE the invention of versification, and accordinglyeach chapter has only alphabetic \"sections\" listed in the margin asA, B, C, D, etc. Also, there is a Chapter Summary (C.S.) ofits contents BEFORE the beginning of each chapter. There are manymemorable passages in the text. We need to put into context the work of Christian scribes during the last 2,000years. During these centuries scribes developed two kinds ofabbreviations in the manuscripts that were copied and re-copied. Thefirst kind of abbreviation was the shortening or abbreviation of very commonwords, so that it was easier and quicker to write such words. These donot concern us here. The second kind of abbreviation was for the wordsheld sacred by Christians. In the Latin tradition, and especially inJerome\'s Latin Vulgate text, these were called \"Nomina Sacra\" meaning\"Holy Names.\" The common example of Nomina Sacra are Lord, God,Jesus, Christ, Holy Spirit, the Father, and the Son. This leaf has theNomina Sacra or Holy Name for \"the Lord,\" which in Latin is\"Dominus,\" and in the abbreviated form is \"dns\" (with along line above the \"n\" to indicate the sacredabbreviation). Just looking at one side of this sheet,there are one (1) instance of this sacred abbreviation \"dns\" (see the last scanned image).

The winner of the sale will receive the original leaf from the 1500 LatinBible, as well as a xerox copy of the Latin text, with each of these marked (seethe last scanned image), with the marks made by someone who has a Ph.D.in Biblical Studies. This is an absolutely beautiful leaf ofan incunabula Bible. Bibliographic description in Frederick R. Goff, \"Incunabula in AmericanLibraries,\" as # B-605, which states that Maittaire gives the date of\"1500\"; however, other give the date of \"1501,\" so infairness I cannot be certain whether the publication date is 1500 or 1501;thus, it is an amazing document from either the end of the 15th century or thebeginning of the 16th century. The sheet of paper is in very goodcondition, but does show some light browning discoloration, especially aroundthe edges,due to its age and use over the centuries. A veryimpressive and extraordinary early incunabula leaf.

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