(Q21714)
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1250-1299
13. century
1250Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Extent: 160 x 224 mm; parchment
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Leaf with an excised initial
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This leaf has fallen victim to an earlier collector who prized only the historiated initial and cut it out of the leaf. The missing initial marked the beginning of the deutero-canonical Book of Judith and most likely contained the scene of Judith cutting off the head of Holofernes.
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Script: Gothic bookhand
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Contributor: David Kalish
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Cataloger: Dot Porter
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Funder: Council on Library and Information Resources
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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