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Leaf from a Bible, Paris, middle third of the 13th century
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Dealer description:
Illuminated vellum manuscript leaf with an unusual and especially appealing historiated initial showing King Ahasuerus, Esther, and Mordecai, all connected by a hangman's rope, from a Bible in Latin. Text from the opening through the first three chapters of Esther. (Paris, middle third of the 13th century) 248 x 152 mm. (9.75" x 6"). Double column, 55 lines of text in a very small, pleasing gothic book hand. Capitals struck with with red, chapter numbers and headlines in...
Dates:
ca. 1250-1460