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Item No: mcai66031g
Additional Title: Bible
Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 66:3G
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial B
Notes: This leaf is from a set of 20 leaves that were cut from a single manuscript that once comprised a complete Bible. The initial B on the page shown here begins Daniel 5, "Balthasar rex fecit grande convivium optimatibus suis mille ..." (Balthazar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his nobles). Text continues on the reverse (true verso).
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1659969
Country: Country:England

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1399
Image Dimensions Width: 451 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 66:2-3H