Accession number
MS M.109-111
Object title
Bible (MS M.109-111).
Created
France, ca. 1260.
Binding
M.109 Rebound in boards with white pigskin back by Douglas Cockerell for William Morris.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913).
Description
M.109 224 leaves (2 columns, 42 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 500 x 360 mm
Provenance
William Morris (purchased from Leighton, Dec. 1895); Richard Bennett (purchased from Morris's estate, 1897); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) before 1913; gift of J.P. Morgan (1867-1943), 1924.
Notes
Ms. three volume Bible; written and illuminated in France, ca. 1260.
Four leaves of this Bible are held in the Pierpont Morgan Library as Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.851.1-4.
M.109 Decoration: 9 historiated initials.
M.110 Decoration: 26 historiated initials.
M.111 Decoration: 28 historiated initials.
Four leaves of this Bible are held in the Pierpont Morgan Library as Pierpont Morgan Library. MS M.851.1-4.
M.109 Decoration: 9 historiated initials.
M.110 Decoration: 26 historiated initials.
M.111 Decoration: 28 historiated initials.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Resources
Century
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Display Date
ca. 1260.