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Accession number: 
MS M.741
Title: 
Bible
Created: 
England, 1345-1349.
Credit: 
Purchased in 1928.
Description: 
2 leaves (2 columns, 22 lines), matted : vellum, ill. ; 440 x 300 mm
Provenance: 
Purchased from the Durlacher Brothers, Dec. 10, 1928.
Notes: 

Ms. Bible single leaves; written and illuminated in England between 1345 and 1349.
Text: portions of Jonah, Micah, and Habakkuk.
Each single leaf may come from vol. 3 of a four vol. Bible of which British Library, MS Royal I.E.IV is vol. 1; other leaves from vol. 3 are held in various collections--Cf. Manion.
Decoration: 2 historiated initials; 3 historiated borders; English Gothic style.
Artist: in the style of the Bohun manuscripts and attributed by Lynda Dennisoun to the second hand of the Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun--Cf. Dennisoun.

Script: 
textura
Language: 
Latin
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
14th century
Genres: 
Illuminated manuscripts
Historiated initials
Historiated borders
Single leaves
Vellum (parchment)
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts