Giant Bible, Atlantic Bible (DS521) (Q2525)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 2)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Giant Bible, Atlantic Bible (DS521) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Indiana University, Bloomington (Ricketts 2) |
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C. L. Ricketts, bought from Barroux, 1930 (with a second fragment, see below); acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
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s. XII(ex); 1185-1199
12. century
1185Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Binding: Not bound.
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Other decoration, One leaf: Capitulanumbers in red; 25 large initials, mostly 3-line, either in color (red, blue, green or yellow) with contrasting infill and flourishing, or in highly burnished gold on colored panels infilled with delicate colored foliage.
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Script, One leaf: Romanesque Textura.
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Layout, One leaf: 2 columns, ruled in plummet, 50 lines, each column 398 mm. by 118 mm. with 25 mm. between columns, script beginning above top ruled line.
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Manuscript note: Three other leaves from the same manuscript are in the library of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, given by Jean Masson in 1925, with parts of Ecclesiasticus and Job, the prologue to the Gospels, and the epistle to the Galatians (Mn. Mas 22, 23 and 25; Cahn and Stirnemann 2007, p. 10, fig. 2). They are perhaps from the second volume of a 2-volume set. They are so remarkably...
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Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 618.
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One leaf: Latin.
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One leaf: The leaf here is from Ephesians 1: 11 to 6: 4.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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