Creator

Unknown

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Image Approximate Date

ca. 1220-1240

Creation Date

2015

Source

Accession 1500, Medieval Manuscript Collection

Description

Folio Bible. Single folio on vellum. England (possible Cambridge), ca. 1220-1240: 276 x 200 mm, written area 193 x 112 mm. Double column, 60 lines. Decoration: alternating red and blue initials with contrasting penwork. Large initials at chapter headings with penwork flourishes down the margin. Chapter numbers added in the margins. Related fragments suggest that the volume came from a monastic library. A medieval price for the manuscript recorded on the last page: “centum solidi” (100 shillings=five pounds). Possible owned by Thomas Lever (1521-1577), Master of St. John’s College, Cambridge and possible sold on 29 may 1786 by Sotheby’s. Item #6 from the portfolio entitled “Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts,” assembled by Otto F. Ege of Cleveland (d. 1951) and marketed by his widow from 1954.

Dimensions

276 x 200 mm, written area 193 x 112 mm

Collection Location

Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Rights

Information concerning copyright must be secured in writing from the Director of the Louise Pettus Archives.

Language

Latin

Identifier

Accession 1500- Med MS 4A

Keywords

Holy Bible, Latin Bible, Medieval Bible, English Monastic Library, Monastic Works, Folio, Vellum

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