Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 1r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Jerome's Prologue to the Bible
Notes: The thirteenth century saw the development of small, portable bibles. Romanesque bibles had been large-format, grand productions. In order to create an easily carried, single-volume bible the script became extremely small. In this example, the scribe wrote thirteen lines to the inch. This was also a time that bibles acquired the standardized chapter numbers that we find in modern bibles. The Roman numerals that appear in the margins indicate the change of chapter.

Because so much had to be written in a small space, these portable bibles contain very little, if any, illustration. Although there is no figural imagery, the manuscript is still quite decorative, with red and blue chapter numbers and running titles and elaborate flourished initials.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1583650
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1260
Image Dimensions Width: 150 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 33