Medieval Bible Leaf - Luke - ''This is my beloved Son...''

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A lovely original leaf from a medieval manuscript pocket Bible, written in Northern France (probably Paris), c. 1260. In Latin gothic micro-minuscule script, ruled in red & written in brown ink in two columns of 43 lines on animal vellum. 156x103 mm). 

Rubricated chapter numbers; one multi-lined illuminated Lombard style initial &elegant marginal penwork in red & blue. Calligraphy is excellent, & the vellum is of the finest quality, extremely thin & smooth. The gothic text is written in remarkably tiny (ten lines of text to the inch!) & very well formed letters.

This leaf contains Luke 9:21 – 10:22: (THE TRANSFIGURATION)  ''Et ille…'' (But he strictly charging them, commanded they should tell this to no man. Saying: The Son of man must suffer many things, & be rejected by the ancients & chief priests & scribes, & be killed, & on the third day rise again. And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, & take up his cross daily, & follow me….There are some standing here that shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God…Behold two men were talking with him. And they were Moses & Elias, appearing in majestyAnd a voice same out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son; hear himThe Son of man came not to destroy souls, but to saveGo: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves…).

 Provenance: parent book was a ''portable'' Bible of the Crusades period, used in study of theology or preaching of the Gospel. It was in England by 17th cent; ex coll. Lord Saltoun & later in the collection of Wm Foyle (1885-1963) at Beeligh Abbey.

The bible containing this leaf was very high-quality, illuminated in Paris & similar to work associated by Branner with the Dominican Painter (see R. Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris during the Reign of Saint Louis).        

Shipped in archival 14x11'' mat.                     

  • Inventory# IM-7375
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