COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Document Collection
Record
Identifier:
exwsms152_1r
Manuscript Identifier:
MS 152
Title:
Bible leaf from Genesis, recto
Alternative Title:
MS 152, recto
Incipit:
[aquas quae] erant sub firmamento ab his quae
Origin Date:
between 1090 and 1110
Origin Location:
Italy
Description:
Twelfth-century Italian portion of the opening folio from a monumental Atlantic Bible in Latin. Recto contains sections of Genesis 1:7-23 and verson sections of Genesis 1:26-2:15 and (only beginning words of each line) 2:24-3:12.
Provenance:
Produced in Italy approximately 1100. Folio is from a monumental Atlantic Bible, a production type originating in Rome and widespread throughout Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. These texts were oversized as "Atlantic" refers to the giant Atlas, and they probably had use as liturgical visual aids (De amel, Chrostpher. "Giant Bibles of the Early Middle Ages." The Book: A History of the Bible (London: Phaidon Press, 2001), 64-91). Purchased by Special Collections, Western Michigan University from the Mackus Company, Akron, Ohio on May 12, 2012.
Extent:
1 item
Subject:
Bible--Manuscripts--Specimens
Subject:
Bible. Genesis--Manuscripts
Subject:
Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy
Subject:
Genesis (Book of the Old Testament)
Subject:
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Language:
lat
Dimensions:
275 x 161 mm
Material:
parchment
Foliation:
[recto] XII; [verso] 6007
Binding:
Excised from a monumental Atlantic Bible. Severly trimmed; most of column a on recto and column b on verso are missing. Only the beginning lines of column b, verso, are visible. A thin strip torn from the bottom runs about three-quarters of the width of the page.
Decoration Description:
Slight rubrication in column b, recto. A few square capital letters in red are visible in column a, recto, but the words are obscured by the trimming. Ruled in hard point.
Description of Hands:
Written in fine Caroline script.
Is Part Of:
Medieval Document Collection
Is Part Of:
Manuscript 152, Western Michigan University Special Collections
Publisher:
Western Michigan University
Date-Issued:
2013
Type:
Text
Format:
image/tiff
Format-Extent:
345,165,107 bytes
Access Rights:
This fragment is in the public domain. Western Michigan University holds the right to the image and reproduction. The images that are provided here are for non-profit, educational use only. For all other uses please contact Special Collections, Western Michigan University.
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Bible leaf from Genesis, recto
