Biblia: Testamentum vetus (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 3 & 4)

Joshua with a scroll.
 BAV, Pal. lat. 3, f. 68r.

Colloquial name(s): Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars prior) and Biblia: Testamentum vetus (pars altera) - in English, the Old Testament (first part) and the Old Testament (second part)

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 3 and Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 4

Date: second half of 11th Century or 1080/1090 (source and source)

Origin: central Italy (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Heidelberger historische bestände - digital for BAV, Pal. lat. 3 and BAV, Pal. lat. 4 via HeidICON for BAV, Pal. lat. 3 and BAV, Pal. lat. 4

This copy of the Old Testament in Latin contains a few illustrations of key biblical figures, some in classical/'biblical' clothing and some in clothing closer to that worn at the time of illustration.

Basic descriptions of the illustrations are provided (in German) by the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg with both facsimiles of both manuscripts.