Purdue ID Number	mmsi2
Title	Chapters from the First and Second Books of Timothy
Other Title	Bible. N.T. Timothy
Description	A page with the last chapter of Timothy I and the first two chapters of Timothy II is shown. The name Timothy, written in Latin as Thimothea, followed by the Roman numeral II, appears at the top of the page.
Description Continued	The manuscript from which this folio comes probably was made by Cistercian monks, who shunned the use of rich colors, especially gold, in their books, and preferred a more sober red and blue for ornament. The "ruling" used to arrange the page before it was written upon is clearly visible. The two-column text is done in Gothic Script. The large initial "P" seen in the lower left is embellished with a fantastic pattern of intricate floral design that trails off above and below. The first section of rubrication above the "P" announces the prologue to Timothy II. The small, isolated words written in the margins are insertions into the text, omitted by the scribe who originally wrote the page. Tiny markings indicate where the insertions belong. Starting with the letter "P" of Paulus, the text, which contains a letter form the apostle Paul to Timothy, reads as follows: "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus..."
Date of Original	1230
Subjects	Illuminations Bible
Extent of Original	2 p. ; 33 cm.
Type	text
Format	JP2
Repository	Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Orientation	Portrait
Language	lat
Collection	Medieval Manuscripts
Rights	Copyright: Purdue University Libraries, All rights reserved
Date Digitized	7/24/2006
Capture Device	Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner
Capture Details	Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft
Resolution	600 ppi
Color Depth	24 bit
Color Management	Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target
URI	ark:/34231/c6qn64n0

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