Bible leaf with historiated initial (DS6431) (Q28630)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99509943991602436, WMU MS 159)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Bible leaf with historiated initial (DS6431) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Western Michigan University (99509943991602436, WMU MS 159) |
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
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Bible. Judges--Manuscripts
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, French
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Bible. Ruth--Manuscripts
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between 1200-1250
13. century
1200Gregorian
1250Gregorian
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Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 153 x 104 mm
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Ms. leaf.
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A single parchment leaf from a Bible. Ruled in plummet. Text written below the top line in two columns. Average of 50 lines per column. Written in a minute gothic hand. The leaf contains two texts, the end of Judges and the beginning of Ruth. In the margins, the scribe has supplied words that were left out of the text. Decoration: Versals have been struck in red. Chapter numbers appear in the...
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Latin Vulgate, Judges 20:35-21:24 and Latin Vulgate, Ruth 1:1-2:14. In the margins, the scribe has supplied words that were left out of the text.
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Produced in France, c. 1230, possibly in a workshop that specialized in moralized bibles. According to the seller, the ornament, figure style, and details of the historiated initial are closest to a number of manuscripts that Robert Branner has grouped around "Leber 6," a Psalter (Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale). If this is correct, then the leaf came from the same workshop responsible for the...
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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