Medieval Hand Written Bible Leaf 1247 AD - Framed
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:3827 | Date of Publication: 1247 AD |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Region: France |
| Language: Latin | Type: Handwritten Manuscript |
| Place of Publication: France | Subject: Religion, Bibles |
Medieval Bible Leaf. c. 1247 Paris, France. Printed on both sides (see pics)IM-8649: (290x190mm) Original leaf from a medieval manuscript folio Bible with illuminations from the Johannes Grusch Workship. Latin gothic script, hand-written in brown ink, on animal vellum. Rubricated chapter numbers, initials and marginalia in red and blue. 50 lines of text in double columns. France. Paris, c. 1247
Two multi-line illuminated initials alter...nating in blue with intricate red scrollwork and red with intricate blue scrollwork - extending along the length of the text. One elaborately decorated calligraphic initial.
The large size of the page is unusual in the 13th century bible production!
Line 3 begins Ezechiel (Ezekiel) 10:3 - 12-28 (Ezechiels's Wheel) "Qui Credit..." (And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house... Thus saith the Lord God: I will gather you from among the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries wherein you are scattered and I will give you the land of Israel...the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels of them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them... (The calligraphic Initials begins) Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden concerneth my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel, that are among them. Say: I am a sign of things to come...)
Frame itself has 2 small chips in it, the leaf itself, behind glass, in fully in tact.Leaf itself measures 7 1/2" X 11 1/2", while the frame measures 15"x19". Total weight 7 pounds.
Two multi-line illuminated initials alter...nating in blue with intricate red scrollwork and red with intricate blue scrollwork - extending along the length of the text. One elaborately decorated calligraphic initial.
The large size of the page is unusual in the 13th century bible production!
Line 3 begins Ezechiel (Ezekiel) 10:3 - 12-28 (Ezechiels's Wheel) "Qui Credit..." (And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house... Thus saith the Lord God: I will gather you from among the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries wherein you are scattered and I will give you the land of Israel...the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels of them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over them... (The calligraphic Initials begins) Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden concerneth my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel, that are among them. Say: I am a sign of things to come...)
Frame itself has 2 small chips in it, the leaf itself, behind glass, in fully in tact.Leaf itself measures 7 1/2" X 11 1/2", while the frame measures 15"x19". Total weight 7 pounds.
