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 & marginalia in red and blue. 50 lines of text in double columns. One multi-lined illuminated initials in red with delicate red & blue penwork extending along length of the margins.
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 from Luke 6:10 – 7:38: ''Et circumspectis…'' (And looking round about on them all, he said to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: & his hand was restored…Lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled…Judge not, & you shall not be judged. Condemn not, & you shall not be condemned. Forgive, & you shall be forgiven…And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that you shouldest enter under my roof. For which cause neither did I think myself worthy to come to thee; but say the word, & my servant shall be healed…I say to you: Amongst those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist…And standing behind at his feet, she began to wash his feet, with tears, & wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet & anointed them with the ointment…).
Shiipped in archival 16x12'' mat.
