Original leaf from a medieval manuscript folio Bible with illuminations from the Johannes Grusch Workshop.
Latin gothic script, hand-written in brown ink, on animal vellum. Rubricated chapter numbers, initials & marginalia in red and blue. 51 lines of text in double columns. (290 x 190 mm - 11.6 x 7.6").
Two multi-lined illuminated initials alternating in deep blue and red with delicate red and blue penwork & extending along the length of the outer margins.
France: Paris, c. 1247. Formerly owned by the Abbey of St. Genevieve in Paris.
The large size of the page is unusual in 13th century Bible production! The book from which this leaf came was a very high-quality production, scribed in the Johannes Grusch Workshop in Paris. The calligraphy is excellent, and the vellum is of the finest style.
Line two begins the New Testament book of Hebrews 11:5 - 13:9: “Fide Henoch...'' (By faith Henoch was translated...Without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and is a rewarder to them that seek him...Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God...Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you. And hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels...He hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee...The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me...).
Presented in an archival 16x12'' mat
