Item Info

Script: Transitional script (praegothica)
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

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This item appeared in the exhibition "Sacred Stories: The World's Religious Traditions" in the Rare Book Department, August 2015-January 2016.

This is the label from that exhibition:

This leaf has been separated from a German Bible, and would have been found at the beginning of 1 Chronicles. The initial ‘A’ is a fine example of fanciful Romanesque design: the left leg of the letter is a dragon biting the foliage that forms the right leg.

Notes: Initial A
Notes: This leaf from a Bible contains the beginning of I Chronicles. The initial A that begins the book is a fine example of a fanciful Romanesque initial. Here the artist has made the left leg of the letter a dragon that bites the foliage that forms the right leg.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1587064
Country: Country:Germany ?

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1199
Image Dimensions Width: 212 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 16:2