Bible
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca0370011
Additional Title: Bible
Script:
Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 1r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial F with St. Jerome writing, beginning his preface to the Bible
Notes: This initial begins Jerome's letter to Ambrosius, which served as a prologue to the Bible in the Middle Ages. The manuscript was produced in Italy but was decorated by French and Italian illuminators. This is an example of the work of a French illuminator.
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1260-1280. Fol.1r-164r is by a French artist the rest are by an Italian.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1450903
Country: Country:Italy
City/Town/Township:Naples or Genoa ?
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1299
Image Dimensions Width: 372 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 37
f. 1r
ff. 3v-4r 
f. 36r 
f. 109r 
f. 132v 
f. 184r 
ff. 263v-264r 
f. 305v 
f. 371r 
f. 403r 
f. 424v 
f. 438v 
ff. 442r-443v