Accession number
MS M.851.1-4
Object title
Bible fragments (MS M.851.1-4).
Display Date
ca. 1260.
Created
France, ca. 1260.
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Description
4 leaves (1 column, 42 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 500 x 360 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. leaves from Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.109-111; written and illuminated in France, ca. 1260.
M.851.1-2 were excised after M.109 was foliated, and are themselves foliated; M.851.3-4 were excised prior to the foliation of M.111, and are not foliated.
Text: M.851.1: Ruth, from M.109, fol. 127; M.851.2: 4 Kings, from M.109, fol. 177; M.851.3: Mark, from M.111, between fols. 105 and 106; M.851.4: Philemon, from M.111, between fols. 190 and 191.
Decoration: 4 historiated initials, 3 illuminated initials.
M.851.1-2 were excised after M.109 was foliated, and are themselves foliated; M.851.3-4 were excised prior to the foliation of M.111, and are not foliated.
Text: M.851.1: Ruth, from M.109, fol. 127; M.851.2: 4 Kings, from M.109, fol. 177; M.851.3: Mark, from M.111, between fols. 105 and 106; M.851.4: Philemon, from M.111, between fols. 190 and 191.
Decoration: 4 historiated initials, 3 illuminated initials.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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