Biblia. (DS1626) (Q9288)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9924875443503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 724)
  • Bible.
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Biblia. (DS1626)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9924875443503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 724)
  • Bible.

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Bible.
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Illumination of books and manuscripts--France--Specimens
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Illumination of books and manuscripts
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Extent: 330 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 375 x 246 (264 x 154) mm bound to 400 x 280 mm
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parchment, color illustrations
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Title from spine.
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Generally in good condition. First 3 folios and final folio are badly stained, some other folios show some water damage, a few of the miniatures have been damaged by water or deliberately defaced (for example, f. 156r, 247v).
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Ms. codex.
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Foliation: Parchment, 330; [1-330]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 56-58 lines, with illuminated border on the left edge of one or both columns on most pages.
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Script: Written in a Gothic script, appears to be the work of a single scriptorium.
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Decoration: Illuminated series of miniatures in a full-page initial at the beginning of Genesis, depicting the 7 days of Creation and the Crucifixion (f. 3v); historiated initials at the beginning of each subsequent book, a few integrated with an illuminated border; ornamented capitals, many with animals or animal faces in gold, rose, blue, red, and other colors on nearly every page...
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Binding: 18th- or 19th-century pigskin with oak boards and the remains of clasps.
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Origin: Possibly written and illuminated in Arras, France, in the last quarter of the 13th century.
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Gift of T. Edward Ross, 1947.
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Presented by Catherine and Thomas Coleman (1598-1647; f. 151r, 250r, 259r) to Ellis Fitzpatrick (f. 250r, 329r); William Farrell (f. 329r); T. Edward Ross (bookplate inside front cover).
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