Accession number:
MS M.269
Title:
Bible
Created:
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1245-1250.
Binding:
19th-century red velvet in morocco case, lettered: Biblia Latina - Codex Membr. Saec. XIII.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
425 leaves (2 columns, 56 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 222 x 159 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. written and illuminated in France, perhaps in Paris, ca. 1245-1250.
Artist: Morgan 92 Group.
Fols. 1-11 are from the 15th century.
Decoration: 70 historiated initials.
Script:
compressed textura
Language:
Latin
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