Medieval Bible Leaf - Lexicon - D & E names

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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. (290x190mm). Rubricated chapter numbers, initials and marginalia in red and blue. 50 lines of text in double columns.                                                                                  

France: Paris, c. 1247.

Formerly owned by the Royal Abbey of St. Genevieve in Paris. 

One exceptional six-line illuminated initial in blue, pink, orange & burnished gold; Four two-line illuminated initials alternating in red with delicate blue penwork & blue with delicate red penwork - extending into the margins.

There are an amazing 73 one-line illuminated Lombard style initials throughout the text alternating in red & blue. The last initial extends into the margin becoming a cross !!  The gothic text is written in elegantly formed letters.

The content is from the Concordance or Lexicon of Hebrew names, & this leaf contains names beginning with the initials  ''D'' & ''E''  – including Eden, Edna & Drusilla.

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.

Shipped in archival 14x11'' mat.

  • Inventory# IM-1483
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