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<p>Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 246. Germany?, 15th century. This manuscript, made in Germany in the fourteenth century, represents an early copy of works by the Franciscan biblical scholar Nicholas of Lyra (d. 1349). It contains his comparison of the Latin Vulgate and Hebrew texts of the Old Testament (fols. 1r-79v), a tract against Jews (fols. 80r-99v), and a commentary on Paul's Epistle to Titus (fols. 100r-120r). It also contains an allegorical concordance of the Old and New Testaments (fols. 121r-182v), perhaps by Remigio de' Girolami or Hugh of Saint Victor. The text itself is simply adorned with red initials, two of which have been embellished with brown pen-work flourishes (fol. 1r; perhaps by a later hand). On fol. 3v is a diagram of Noah's Ark. The different compartments of the Ark are labelled habitacione homines et avium (quarters for people and birds), animalia mitia (domesticated animals), animalia inmitia (undomesticated animals), apotheca herbarum (vegetable storage), apotheca fructum (fruit storage), and sentina (bilge).
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<br>Subjects: Treatise; Commentary; 15th century</div>
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