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Paris Manuscript Bible
Title
Paris
Manuscript
Bible
Detail Depicted
Medieval
manuscripts--Calligraphy--Page
design
Medieval
manuscripts--Decorative
elements--Initials
Uniform Title
Bible.
O.T.
Latin
Place of Publication
[France--Paris]
Date of Publication
ca.
1310
Genre Heading
Manuscripts, Medieval
Bibles
Bibliographic Elements
Single
leaf:
Vellum;
18.5
x
12.5
cm.
General Notes
Latin
Vulgate
version
written
in the
Gothic
script
,
seven
lines
to the
inch
, on
fine
vellum.
The
calligraphy
and
ornamentation
on this
page
deserve
close
inspection.
This
form
of
writing
is
in
marked
contrast
to the
minute
,
much
abbreviated
and
angular
text
of the
proceeding
century.
Two
columns
Language
Latin
Digital Collection
Historical Book Arts Collection
Repository
University
of
Washington
Libraries
,
Special
Collections
Division.
Repository Collection
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Collections
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Digital Reproduction Information
Scanned
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.
Content
In
1290
, the
scholars
at the
University
of
Paris
determined
to
produce
a
uniform
,
accurate
Vulgate
version;
the
"final"
Vulgate
text
was not
completed
until
the
Council
of
Trent
acted
in the
closing
years
of the
16th
century.
Restrictions/Copyright
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