Greek Scrolls &

Manuscripts
on papyrus
mostly extant as fragments
John 4:25 - 4:51
c. 4th century from St. Catherines
Monastery, Mt. Sinai, Egypt
from facsimile of Codex Sinaiticus,
published 1911
uncial hand
Latin Manuscripts &
Codexes
on parchment
Prophetess Sibyl
inlaid oor decoration at
Duomo di Siena
(Cathedral of Siena), Italy
constructed late 12th -
early 13th c.
Portions of Joshua 8th or 9th c. Visigothic minuscule, scriptura continua Spanish
Glossed text of Mark 15:11-22 c. 1175 - 1199 Carolingian minuscule Swiss from monastery of St. Gall
Glossed portions of Mark 7 & 9 c. 1185 - 1199 Gothic hand French
Portions of Matthew extensive marginal & interlinear glossing from Glossa ordinaria c. 13th century Gothic hand French
Lectionary portion c. 12th century Carolingian minuscule Italian
Portions of Genesis c. 12th century Gothic hand English
Sententiae by Isidore of Seville c. 12th century Carolingian miniscule Italian (text originally composed in Hispania)
Sententiae by Isidore of Seville c. 12th century Carolingian miniscule Italian (text originally composed in Hispania)
Florilegium (some excerpts referenced as from Isidore of Sevilee & Gelasius)
1040 - 1060 late Carolingian miniscule Italian
Liber Extra commissioned by Gregory IX c. 1285-1315 Littera bononiensis, gothic, and noting hand Bolgona, Italy
Liber Extra commissioned by Gregory IX c. 1285-1315 Littera bononiensis, gothic, and noting hand Bolgona, Italy
The Domesday Book
(a.k.a. The Description of England)
1086
The Geneva Bible
(rst Bible with verse numbers, printed in Roman alphabet)
c. 1560
Imaging Scribes
Jarrow With Cabinet
early 8th c. Hiberno-Saxon
Evangelist St. Mark with his symbol, a winged lion blowing a trumpet, carrying a book
698 (or 710-21) Hiberno-Saxon
Self-portrait of a scribe: Eadwine (monk of Canterbury, the self-proclaimed prince of writers)
ca. 1140-1150 from the Eadwine Psalter (copy of the Utrecht Psalter)
Christ Church, Canterbury
Scriptorium in the tower of Monastery of Tavara
from the Beatus Manuscripts 1220 Spain
later images,
St. Jerome in his study
(c. 347 420) formative monk-scholar
translator of the Vulgate Bible
St. Jerome in His Study
tempera on panel painting by Master of San Jacopo a Mucciana, Italian, 14th c.
David harping, and St. Jerome writing
in St. Hugh's Bible c. 1180 English
Saint Jerome and the Lion
oil painting by Colantonio, c. 1445, Italian
Saint Jerome in His Study
oil painting by Jan van Eyck, c. 1435, Flemish
Images sourced from:
ArtStor (www.artstor.org)
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (www.csntm.org)
Digital Scriptorium (www.digital-scriptorium.org)