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Biblia pauperum (MS M.230).

Accession number
MS M.230
Object title
Biblia pauperum (MS M.230).
Created
Austria, perhaps Vienna, ca. 1435.
Binding
20th century vellum with ties; in maroon morroco case lettered: Biblia Pauperum - Manuscript 1450.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1906.
Description
24 leaves, bound : vellum, ill. ; 380 x 290 mm
Provenance
T.O. Weigel (1852); purchased from him by Eugene Felix of Leipzig; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1906; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. picture Bible; illustrated in Austria, perhaps Vienna, ca. 1435; titles and descriptive text added in the 16th century.
Decoration: 144 pen and ink drawings, a few with light gray wash.
Script
cursive script
Language
German and Latin
Century
Classification