(Q49850)
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ca. 1250
13. century
1225Gregorian
1275Gregorian
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Extent: fols. 133; membrane; 146 x 103 (102 x 70)
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Layout: 2 columns, 50 lines
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Decoration: Numerous 2-5 line initials in alternating red and blue with penwork in the contrasting color trailing into the margins and intercolumnar space, chapter numbers and running titles in alternating red and blue characters, and capital letters throughout the text stroked in red
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Decoration: Fol. 76.3: 22-line initial "L" in blue and pink with white penwork highlights inhabited by Moses adressing a trio of Jewish elders
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Decoration: Fol. 76.44: 7-line initial "S" in blue infilled with pink, yellow, and red vinework, with an 8-line initial "C" inhabited by King Solomon enthroned and holding a sword
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Decoration: Fol. 76.68: 21-line77 initial "P" in blue with white penwork highlights on pink grounds inhabited by a stern-looking King Solomon seated a wielding a cudgel over the head of a bowing supplicant
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Decoration: Fol. 76.77: 10-line initial "O" in pink with white penwork highlights inhabited by the Virgin seated with the Christ child
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Decoration: Fol. 76.78: 9-line initial "O" in blue with white penwork highlights inhabited by the seated figure of Wisdom receiving a sword from an attendant
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Decoration: Fol. 76.90: 4-line illuminated "N" in blue and pink infilled with vinework on pink grounds and with floriated extensions, with an 8-line initial "V" in pink with white penwork highlights inhabited by Isaiah bound and being sawn in half by two executioners
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Decoration: Fol. 76.93: 7-line illuminated initial "E" in blue with white penwork highlights inhabited by Ezekiel lying in bed with the symbols of the four Evangelists looking down on him
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Decoration: Fol. 76.94: 14-line anthropomorphic initial "I" formed by a fox-headed pink dragon and a 10-line initial "V" in blue with white penwork highlights inhabited by the standing figure of the prophet Joel
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Decoration: Fol. 76.95: 10-line illuminated initial "V" in blue with white and black penwork highlights inhabited by the standing figure of the prophet Micah holding a scroll
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Decoration: Fol. 76.97: 34-line initial "P" in pink with white penwork highlights inhabited by the seated figure of Judah Maccabee and a boy, with a lion-headed dragon wrapped around the letter's base
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Decoration: Fol. 76.127: 38-line illuminated and anthropomorphic initial "Q" in pink and blue with white penwork highlights formed by a long dragon biting the bottom of the letter's bow and inhabited by the standing figures of Christ and St. John
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Ruled in plummet
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Numerous marginal corrections and comments in a contemporary hand, often signaled with tie-marks, and many enclosed in red frames
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Remains of leather tabs on exterior margins of Fols. 76.4, 76.44, 76.68, 76.77, 76.78, 76.90, 76.93, 76.94, 76.95, 76.97, and 76.127
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Silver-point illuminator's cartoons on fols. 76.90, 76.93, and 76.95
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Provenance: All folios except 76.67 and 76.133 donated by Helge Frank (Oak Brook, IL) in 1984, formerly Spec.Rare.CMS.113, III 25-29, 1984.001.001-130
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Provenance: Fol. 76.67 donated by Helge Frank (Oak Brook, IL) in January 2017
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Illuminations attributed to the Leber atelier of Paris, ca. 1240
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26 August 2024
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26 August 2024
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