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- Very thin parchment., Two, 2-line blue-and-red pen-flourished initials; flourishing extends up and down the margins., Thirteenth-century, French leaf from a Parisian pocket bible including a portion of the Latin Vulgate: Deuteronomy 7:8-9:15. This bible leaf of small format is a typical example of a 13th century Parisian manuscript production. In addition to large-scale deluxe manuscripts, books of a hand-held variety were produced from the beginning of the 13th century onwards; owing to the use of extremely thin parchment and a tiny script measuring only a few millimeters (called 'pearl script') they could include the entire Scriptures in a single codex., small, gothic textualis ('pearl script'), and Produced in France, probably in Paris between 1200 and 1250 or possibly later; very early example of a hand-held Bible. "M3452" in the lower right corner on the recto in pencil. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company , Akron Ohio, ca. 2006 (M3452).
- Date Created:
- [1200 TO 1299]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Very thin parchment., Two, 2-line blue-and-red pen-flourished initials; flourishing extends up and down the margins., Thirteenth-century, French leaf from a Parisian pocket bible including a portion of the Latin Vulgate: Deuteronomy 7:8-9:15. This bible leaf of small format is a typical example of a 13th century Parisian manuscript production. In addition to large-scale deluxe manuscripts, books of a hand-held variety were produced from the beginning of the 13th century onwards; owing to the use of extremely thin parchment and a tiny script measuring only a few millimeters (called 'pearl script') they could include the entire Scriptures in a single codex., small, gothic textualis ('pearl script'), and Produced in France, probably in Paris between 1200 and 1250 or possibly later; very early example of a hand-held Bible. "M3452" in the lower right corner on the recto in pencil. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company , Akron Ohio, ca. 2006 (M3452).
- Date Created:
- [1200 TO 1299]
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries