(Q42930)
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Bible
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Detached leaves--England--14th century
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between 1340 and 1360
14. century
1340Gregorian
1360Gregorian
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Extent: f. 1r-v : parchment ; 305 x 455 mm
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Title supplied from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Formal gothic script.
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Layout: Two columns of 22 lines; ruled in ink.
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Span folios: f.1r-v.
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Other Decoration: 2-line initials in gold on a parti-colored blue and rose ground with white tracery ornament, with leafy extensions extending up and down the outer margin; chapter number "XLVIII" and running headings "EXE" [sic] "CHIEL" in alternate red and blue characters.
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Assigned Date: s. XIVmed.
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This leaf is probably f. 335 of the parent volume.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/7/2009.
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Published literature suggests that the parent volume was written perhaps for a nunnery, perhaps in East Anglia, and was perhaps volume III of a four-volume set of which volume I is now London, British Library, Royal MS 1 E.iv. Owned by Richard Legh in 1613 (perhaps Richard Legh, b. 1549?, of East Hall, High Legh, Cheshire, or Richard Legh, b. 1554, of West Hall, High Legh): the last leaf of...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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