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Text |
BIBLE WITH ST. HIERONYMUS PROLOGUES AND HEBREW NAMES
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Description |
MS in Latin on vellum, Belgium or Northern France?, early 14th c., 102 ff. (- ca. 380), 41x27 cm, 2 columns, (29x19 cm), 50 lines in a formal Gothic book script of medium grade, headings in red, running-titles and chapter numbers in blue and red, 230 illuminated initials, 222 bar borders with sprays ending in ivy leaf motifs in pink, blue and orange with white highlighting and gold decoration, 2 historiated initials, 5 11- to 12-line miniatures in pink on blue ground or blue on pink ground within a gold border.
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Context |
210 ff. from the same MS: Otto Ege, Cleveland, Ohio: 50 Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts ca. 1950, no. 33 (Christie's 26.6.1997:16), leaf 14; Sotheby's 11.12.1984:39, to Maggs. Maggs Eur. Bull. 13(1986):52, and Cat. 1059:41-49; Sotheby's 25.4.1983:83; Sotheby's New York 9.4.1980:227; Kenneth Rendell, Newton, Mass Cat. 146(1979):67; Ferrini Cat. 1(1987):25-27.
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Provenance |
1. Mirmellus Arnandi, lawyer and judge (until 1450); 2. Dominican Convent (from 1450); 3. Otto F. Ege, Cleveland, Ohio, M.49 (-1951(?)); 4. Sotheby's 11.12.1984:39; 5. 24 ff.: Bruce Ferrini, Akron, Ohio; 2 ff.: Sam Fogg, London; 14 ff.: Maggs Bros., London; 48 ff.: David S. Woluch, Akron, Ohio; 1 f.: Christie's 16.12.1991:2; 4 ff.: Sotheby's 22.6.1993:19; 1f.: Paul Hartcourt, London; 1f.: Maggs, London,; 1f.: Maggs, London; 2 ff.: Sotheby's 1.12.1998:13; 4 ff.: Maggs, London.
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