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Bible single leaves (MS M.741.1-2).

Accession number
MS M.741.1-2
Object title
Bible single leaves (MS M.741.1-2).
Display Date
1345-1349.
Created
England, 1345-1349.
Credit line
Purchased in 1928.
Description
2 leaves (2 columns, 22 lines), matted : vellum, ill. ; 440 x 300 mm
Provenance
Purchased from the Durlacher Brothers, Dec. 10, 1928.
Notes
Ms. Bible single leaves; written and illuminated in England between 1345 and 1349.
Text: portions of Jonah, Micah, and Habakkuk.
Each single leaf may come from vol. 3 of a four vol. Bible of which British Library, MS Royal I.E.IV is vol. 1; other leaves from vol. 3 are held in various collections--Cf. Manion.
Decoration: 2 historiated initials; 3 historiated borders; English Gothic style.
Artist: in the style of the Bohun manuscripts and attributed by Lynda Dennisoun to the second hand of the Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun--Cf. Dennisoun.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification