COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms143_1r
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 143
Title:
Manuscript leaf from a French pocket Bible, recto
Alternative Title:
MS 143, recto
Incipit:
duxit vos in manu forti et redemit de domo
Origin Date:
between 1200 and 1299
Origin Location:
Paris (France)
Description:
Thirteenth-century, French leaf from a Parisian pocket bible including a portion of the Latin Vulgate (St. Jerome translation): Deuteronomy 7:8-9:15. This bible leaf of small format is a typical example of a 13th century Parisian manuscript production. In addition to large-scale deluxe manuscripts, books of a hand-held variety were produced from the beginning of the 13th century onward; owing to the use of extremely thin parchment and a tiny script measuring only a few millimeters (called 'pearl script') they could include the entire Scriptures in a single codex.
Provenance:
Produced in France, probably in Paris between 1200 and 1250 or possibly later; very early example of a hand-held Bible. "M3452" in the lower right corner on the recto in pencil. Purchased by Special Collections, Waldo Library from the Mackus Company, Akron Ohio, ca. 2006 (M3452).
Explicit:
de monte ardente descenderem
Extent:
1 item
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--France
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts--Specimens
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Subject:
Deuteronomy (Book of the Old Testament)
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
118 x 113 cm
Material:
parchment
Decoration Description:
Two, 2-line blue-and-red pen-flourished initials; flourishing extends up and down the margins.
Description of Hands:
Written in small, gothic textualis ('pearl script').
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 143, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2013
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
306,961,523 bytes
Is Referenced By:
Branner, Robert. Manuscript Painting in Paris During the Reign of Saint Louis: A Study of Styles. California Studies in the History of Art, 18. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.
Rights Statement:
Rights Status:
No Copyright - United States
Access Rights:
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Special Collections at Zhang Legacy Collections Center, Western Michigan University.
Manuscript leaf from a French pocket Bible, recto
