(Q43503)
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Bible
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Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904
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Historiated initials--France--13th century
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Decorated initials--France--13th century
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between 1240 and 1260
13. century
1240Gregorian
1260Gregorian
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Extent: ff. iv + i + 671 + iv : parchment ; 100 x 144 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Gothic.
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Layout: 122 224 3-422 524(-24; no loss of text) 624 7-822 9-1024 1128 126 1314(-14; no loss of text) 1428(+ a leaf in the second half, possibly the last; this quire contains the psalter) 15-1724 1826 1924 2026(-25; no loss of text) 2124 2226(-23; no loss of text) 23-2526 2622 2718 28-2926. 2 columns of 44 lines, ruled in lead, double rule across the upper margin for the running headlines...
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Decoration: Eleven 7- to 4-line historiated initials, with border extensions in blue, maroon, orange and gold and containing an animal.
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Other Decoration: 7- to 3-line initials in white-patterned blue and dusky pink with touches of orange and gold, many with partial borders which sometimes include biting animal heads.
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A "cor." note on f. 254. Attribution by Branner, Manuscript Painting, pp. 78, 216 to the Soissons atelier.
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Assigned Date: s. XIIImed.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 2/6/2012.
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A seventeenth or eighteenth century hand has noted on f. v verso, "Scripta fuit haec biblia per do. dalmat. religios. piperac anno domini 1344 [sic] 25 julii"; in the sixteenth century a note was added, "Biblia sacra manuscripta antiquissima ad usum fratrum capucinorum conventus Thiernensis"; Pébrac is in the Haute-Loire, Thiers in Puy-de-Dôme. Belonged to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) of...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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