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Volume XVIII: The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch

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Volume XVIII: The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch

This is a copy, written in the first half of the eleventh century, of an Old English prose version of the first six books of the Old Testament, partly by Ælfric. In medieval times it belonged to the library of St Augustine’s, Canterbury. It is one of the most lavishly illustrated of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, containing no less than 400 colored drawings, which form one of the most extensive cycles of Pentateuch illustrations to survive from the Middle Ages. These drawings are of extreme interest iconographically because they were derived from an Early Christian exemplar which has not otherwise come down to us.

From the publisher's website: http://www.rosenkilde-bagger.dk

 

1r    Aelfric's preface to the translation of Genesis, Gen. 1.1-5

2v    Gen. 1.6-13

3r    Gen. 1.14-19

3v    Gen. 1.20-23

4r     Gen. 2.1-7

5r    Gen. 2.8-12

5v    Gen. 2.13

6r    Gen. 2.15-20

6v     Gen. 2.20-Gen. 3.7

7r    Gen. 3.7-24

8r     Gen. 3.24-Gen. 4.2

8v     Gen. 4.3-15

9r    Gen. 4.16-18

9v     Gen. 4.19-21

10r    Gen. 4.22, 25-26

10v     Gen. 5.5-11

11r    Gen. 5.12-20

11v    Gen. 5.21-27

12r    Gen. 5.28-31

12v    Gen. 5.32-Gen. 6.3

13r    Gen. 6.4-11

13v    Gen. 6.12-22

14r    Gen. 7.1-9

14v    Gen. 7.10-23

15r    Gen. 7.24-Gen. 8.9

15v    Gen. 8.10-18

16r,v    Gen. 8.20-Gen. 9.19

17r    Gen. 9.20-22

17v    Gen. 9.23

18r    Gen. 9.24-29

18v    Gen. 10.1-Gen. 11.9

19r    Full-page Illustration

19v    Gen. 11.27-28

20r    Gen. 11.29-31

20v    Gen. 11.31-32

21r    Gen. 12.1-6

21v    Gen. 12.7-16

22v    Gen. 12.17-19

23r    Gen. 12.20-Gen. 13.1, 13.3-5, 13.2, 13.5-10

23v    Gen. 13.11-13

24r    Gen. 13.14-18

24v    Gen. 12.1-13

25r    Gen. 14.14-15

25v    Gen. 14.16-17, 21-24

26r    Gen. 14.18-Gen. 15.4

26v    Gen. 15.5-11

27r    Gen. 15.12-21

27v    Gen. 16.1-6

28r    Gen. 16.6-16

28v    Gen. 17.1-22

29r    Full-page Illustration

29v    Gen. 17.23-Gen. 18.7

30r    Gen. 18.8-15

30v    Gen. 18.16-32

31r    Gen. 18.33-Gen. 19.2

31v    Gen. 19.3-14

32r    Gen. 19.15-22

32v    Gen. 19.23-26

33r    Gen. 19.27-32

33v    Gen. 19.33, 35-37

34r    Gen. 19.38-Gen. 20.2

34v    Gen. 20.3-7

35r    Gen. 20.8-Gen. 21.7

35v    Gen. 21.8-13

36r    Gen. 21.14-20

36v    Gen. 21.20-26

37r    Gen. 21.27-34

37v    Gen. 22.1-2

38r    Gen. 22.3-18

38v    Gen. 22.19-Gen. 23.20

39r    Gen. 24.1-20

39v    Gen. 24.20-67

40r    Gen. 25.5-10, 12-17

40v    Gen. 25.20-26

41r    Gen. 25.27-Gen. 27.13

41v    Full-page Illustration

42r    Gen. 27.14-30

42v    Gen. 27.30-Gen. 28.2

43r    Gen. 28.10-17

43v    Full-page Illustration

44r    Gen. 28.18-Gen. 29.11

44v    Gen. 29.13-28

45r    Gen. 29.28-Gen. 30.8

45v    Gen. 30.9-24

46r    Gen. 30.25-Gen. 31.18

46v    Gen. 31.19-53

47v    Gen. 31.53-55

48r    Gen. 32.1-5

48v    Gen. 32.6-30

49r    Full-page Illustration

49v    Full-page Illustration

50r    Gen. 32.21-32

50v    Gen. 33.1-15

51r    Gen. 33.16-Gen. 35.6

51v    Gen. 35.9-19

52r    Gen. 35.22-29

52v    Gen. 36.6-Gen. 37.1

53r    Gen. 37.2-14

53v    Gen. 37.14-28

54r    Full-page Illustration

54v    Gen. 37.29-35

55r    Gen. 37.36-Gen. 38.5

55v    Gen. 38.6-13

56r    Gen. 38.14-21

56v    Gen. 38.22-26

57r    Gen. 38.27-30

57v    Gen. 39.1-6

58r    Gen. 39.7-23

58v    Gen. 40.1-19

59r    Gen. 40.20-Gen. 41.7

59v-60r Gen. 41.8-43

60v     Gen. 42.44-56

61r    Gen. 42.1-17

61v    Gen. 42.18-28

62r    Gen. 42.29-38

62v    Gen. 43.1-14

63r    Gen. 43.15-24

63v    Gen. 43.25-Gen. 44.2

64r    Full-page Illustration

65r    Gen. 44.3-Gen. 45.15

65v    Gen. 45.16-28

66r    Full-page Illustration

66v    Gen. 46.1-6

67r    Gen. 46.8-34

67v    Full-page Illustration

68r    Full-page Illustration

68v    Gen. 47.1-17

69r    Gen. 47.18-26

69v    Gen. 47.27-31

70r    Gen. 48.1-22

70v    Gen. 49.1-Gen. 50.3

71r     Gen. 50.4-9

71v    Gen. 50.10-13

72r    Gen. 50.14

72v    Gen. 50.15-Exodus 1.7

 

73r    Ex. 1.8-14

73v    Ex. 1.15-22

75r    Ex. 2.1-10

75v    Ex. 2.11-15

76r    Ex. 2.16-20

76v    Ex. 2.21-25

78r    Ex. 3.1-Ex. 4.17

77r-78r Ex. 3.1-Ex. 4.17

78v    Ex. 4.18-28

79r    Ex. 4.29-31

79v    Ex. 5.1-14

80r    Full-page Illustration

80v    Ex. 5.15-Ex. 6-12

81r    Ex. 6.16-Ex. 7.9

81v    Ex. 7.10-19

82r    Ex. 7.20-25

82v    Ex. 8.1-11

83r    Ex. 8.12-19

83v    Ex. 8.20-29

84r    Ex. 8.30-Ex. 9.5

84v    Ex. 9.6-12

85r    Full-page Illustration

85v    Ex. 9.13-31

86r    Ex. 13.33-35, Ex. 10.1-2

86v    Ex. 10.3-11

87r    Ex. 10.12-15

87v    Ex. 10.16-20

88v    Ex. 10.21-Ex. 12.20

89r    Full-page Illustration

89v    Ex. 12.21-33

90r    Full-page Illustration

90v    Ex. 12.34-Ex. 14.4

91r    Ex. 14.5-18

91v    Ex. 14.21-22

92r    Ex. 14.23-31

92v    Ex. 15.1-21

93r    Ex. 15.22-27

93v    Ex. 16.1-13

94r    Ex. 16.13-21

94v    Ex. 16.22-35

95r    Ex. 17.1-13

95v    Ex. 17.14-16

96r    Ex. 18.1-12

96v    Ex. 18.13-26

97r    Ex. 18.27-Ex. 19.15

97v-99v    Ex. 19.16-Ex. 24.3

100r    Ex. 24.4-5

100v    Ex. 24.6-8

101r-101v Ex. 24.9-EX. 31.17

102r    Ex. 31.18-Ex. 32.6

102v    Ex. 32.7-25

103r    Full-page Illustration

103v    Ex. 32.30-35

104r    Full-page Illustration

104v    Ex. 33.1-Ex. 34.3

105v    Full-page Illustration

 

107r    Lev. 1.1-Lev. 8.3

107v    Lev. 8.4-36

108r    Lev. 9.1-24

108v    Lev. 10.1-6

109r-110v Lev. 10.8-Lev. 26.44

 

111r    Num. 1.1-16

111v    Num. 1.17-Num. 3.4

112r    Num. 3.5-23

112v    Num. 3.27-29

113r    Num. 3.33-35

113v    Num. 3.38-Num. 8.20

114r    Num. 10.28-Num. 11.3

114v    Full-page Illustration

115r    Num. 11.4-25

115v    Num. 11.26-30

116r    Num. 11.31-34

116v    Num. 12.1-15

117r    Num. 13.1-21

117v118r Num. 13.21-Num. 14.34

118v    Num. 14.36-38

119r     Num. Num. 14.39-45

119v    Num. 16.1-6

120r    Num. 16.18, 27, 12-14, Num. 16.19-21, 31-34

120v    Num. 16.35

121r    Num. 16.41-49

121v      Num. 16.50-Num. 17.11

122r    Num. 18.1-Num. 20.11

122v    Num. 20.14-21

123r    Num. 20.21-Num. 21.4

123v     Num. 21.4-8

124r    Num. 21.9-32

124v    Num. 21.33-35

125r    Num. 22.1-4

125v    Num. 22.5-35

126r    Num. 22.35-Num. 23.13

126v    Num. 23.14-Num. 24.11

127r    Num. 25.1-9

127v    Num. 25.16-18, Num. 31.6-18

128r    Num. 31.18, 26.2-65

 

128v-136r Deut. 1.1-Deut. 31.8

136v    Deut. 31.9-14

137r    Deut. 31.14-21

137v-138v Deut. 31.22-Deut. 32.47

139r    Deut. 32.48-Deut. 34.12

139v    Full-page Illustration

140r    Full-page Illustration

 

140v    Jos. 1.1-18

141r    Jos. 2.1-6

141v    Jos. 2.7-21

142r    Jos. 2.22-Jos. 3.13

142v    Jos. 3.14-Jos. 4.14

143r    Full-page Illustration

143v    Jos. 4.18-Jos. 5.12

144r    Jos. 5.13-Jos. 6.4

144v    Jos. 6.12-14

145r    Jos. 6.15-20

145v    Jos. 6.21-27

146r    Jos. 7.1-3

146v    Jos. 7.4-15

148r    Jos. 7.16-21

148v    Jos. 7.22-Jos. 8.2

149r    Jos. 8.3-29

149v    Jos. 8.25-32

150r    Jos. 9.1-27

150v    Jos. 10.3-18

151r    Full-page Illustration

151v    Jos. 10.21-27

152r    Jos. 10.28

152v    Jos. 10.29-35

153r    Jos. 10.36-39

153v    Jos. 10.40-43

154r    Jos. 11.1-9

154v    Jos. 11.10-23

155r-155v Jos. 12.1-Jos. 24.32

 

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