Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 63:28
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Second Epistle of Peter
Notes: These leaves seem to form a group because of the consistency of the leaf and text measurements and the ruling pattern; leaves are paginated with pencil numbers in the upper left-hand corner of each side of each leaf.
Notes: This leaf is from a set of thirty-one leaves that were cut from a single manuscript that once comprised a complete Bible.

This page begins the second epistle of Peter, which was thought to have been written by Peter when he was bishop of Rome. The historiated initial P depicts St. Peter with his attribute, a cross. The cross that he holds refers to his manner of death, for, like Christ, he was crucified.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1600029
Country: Country:Germany

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1399
Image Dimensions Width: 475 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 63:1-31