Bible
Accession number:
MS M.391-393
Title:
Bible
Created:
Bobbio, Italy, 1100-1125.
Binding:
ca. 20th century white parchment over heavy boards, maroon morocco back; lettered on upper cover: Biblia Sacra, with the individual volume numbers.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), 1910.
Description:
3 v.: 168, 161, 77 leaves (2 columns, 55 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 540 x 360 mm.
Provenance:
Erased ownership inscription of what may be a church at Parma (Johannis Baptistae) on fol. 1r of M.391; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Gruel in 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. Bible; written and illuminated in central Italy, possibly in Bobbio, early 12th century.
Decoration: 17 large decorated initials (M.391); 4 large historiated initials and 23 large decorated initials, three of which contain animals (M.392); 3 canon tables, 1 large historiated initial and 26 large decorated initials, one containing a bird (M.393).
Script:
neat vertical script with many rustic capitals
Language:
Latin
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