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Leaf from a Miniature Manuscript Bible
Leaf from a Miniature Manuscript Bible
TitleLeaf from a Miniature Manuscript Bible
Detail DepictedMedieval manuscripts--Calligraphy--Text--Script
Medieval manuscripts--Calligraphy--Text--Running titles
Date of Publicationca. 1240
Genre HeadingManuscripts, Medieval
Bibles
Bibliographic ElementsSingle leaf: Vellum; 19 x 12.5 cm
General NotesThe Latin Vulgate version, usually attributed to St. Jerome, is here executed in angular Gothic script, eleven lines to the inch, on finest vellum.
LanguageLatin
Digital CollectionHistorical Book Arts Collection
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionSpecial Collections
Call NumberTeaching tool
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned in color from original text at 400 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi veritcal or 768 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2003.
ContentThese small portable Bibles were produced in great numbers by the Dominicans (1250-1275) in the early days of the Sorbonne. It has been calculated that in the year 1250, it would have taken the earnings of a day laborer for fifteen years to purchase a manuscript Bible of this type.
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