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). Condition note : 30mm/1 inch slice in inner margin – no loss of vellum
Rubricated chapter numbers, initials & marginalia in red and blue. 50 lines of text in double columns. Two multi-lined illuminated initials in red & blue with delicate red & blue penwork extending along length of the margins; two decorated calligraphic initials heightened with yellow.
France: Paris, c. 1247.
Formerly owned by the Royal 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.
This leaf contains text with significant content from Matthew 9:2 – 11:5: ''Et ecce…'' (And behold they brought to him on sick of the palsy lying in a bead. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the man sick of palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee… Jesus turning & seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole…Preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand …Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves…You shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved…Fear ye not them that kill the body, & are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul & body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of you head are all numbered…He that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me…).
Shipped in archival 16x12'' mat
