Accession number
MS G.29
Object title
Two conjoint leaves from a Bible (MS G.29).
Display Date
between 800 and 850.
Created
Southern Bavaria, between 800 and 850.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
2 leaves (2 columns, 28 lines) : vellum ; 342 x 229 mm
Provenance
Joseph Sattler; Max Kammerer, Wartenberg (Bavaria); purchased in Nov. 1954 from Arthur Rau, Paris for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Bible fragment; ms. written in southern Bavaria, first half of 9th century.
Text: Ecclesiasticus VII.19-IX.11.
Written in red and black.
Matted.
Text: Ecclesiasticus VII.19-IX.11.
Written in red and black.
Matted.
Script
Caroline minuscule.
Language
In Latin;
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