Medieval Bible Leaf - c 1247 I am the truth, the way & the life

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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. (290 x 190 mm - 11.6 x 7.6") 

Rubricated chapter numbers, initials & marginalia in red and blue. 49 lines of text in double columns. 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.

The text contains John 12:31 - 14:27: “Iudicum est mundi...'' (Now is the judgment of the world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out...I am come a light into the world; that whosoever believeth in me, may not remain in darkness... I came not to judge the world, but to save the world...A new commandment I give unto you:  That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another...I am the way,  and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father but by me...If you love me, keep my commandments...I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you...The Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things...).

Presented in an archival 16x12'' mat

  • Inventory# IM-11137
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