Bible (DS9835) (Q43509)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620668, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862066, mssHM 1072)
- Bible
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Bible (DS9835) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620668, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862066, mssHM 1072) |
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Bible
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Historiated initials--France--13th century
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Decorated initials--France--13th century
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between 1250 and 1299
13. century
1250Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Extent: ff. ii + 525 : parchment ; 175 x 255 mm
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Title from catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Gothic.
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Layout: Collation beginning with f. 2: 116 216(13, i.e. f. 30, lost but replaced, s. XV) 3-3016 316(through f. 487) 3216 3318 344. One catchword remains, written in the lower right corner (quire 10). 2 columns of 49 lines, ruled in lead, additional double rule across the upper margin for running headlines; slash prick marks visible in the upper and lower margins.
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Span folios: ff. 1-525v.
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Decoration: Eighty-four historiated initials, 8- to 5-line (except for the letter I, running often the length of the text) in blue or maroon on grounds of these colors with some orange and gold, and enclosed by narrow gold frames; border extensions with rinceau and biting animals. These are listed by Branner, Manuscript Painting, p. 230 as among those related to the Bari atelier.
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Other Decoration: 7- to 4-line initials in white-patterned blue or maroon on grounds of the other color, surrounded by narrow gold frames and with border extensions. Marginal additions and corrections in the hand of the scribe, enclosed in red frames; psalms counted in early arabic numerals in lead in the margins.
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Assigned Date: s. XIII2.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 2/9/2012.
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No. 1 in a French or Belgian sale (slip glued to front pastedown; described as in 1037 pages).
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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