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Collection ID: 0007 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

SC MS 0431.117.3 1 Maccabees 13-14 in frame

Title

1 Maccabees 13-14 in frame

Funders

Call number

SC MS 0431.117.3
(Bethlehem, United States, Lehigh University, Special Collections)

Publisher

Special Collections

Language

Latin

Origin

ca. 1240
Place
England

Summary

Single leaf from a Bible. The text is 1 Maccabees 13-14. The Bible was written in the workshop of William de Brailes, one of the few 13th century English illuminators known by name.

Notes

Extent

185 x 128 mm bound to 306 x 240 mm

Support

Parchment

Binding

Wooden frame

Layout

  • Single leaf, double sided, double column, 54 lines of text. Borders on the sides of text. Alternating initals at the start of each chapter. Chapter numbers in red and blue.
  • Decoration

    Alternating red and blue initials, borders on the inside of columns with initials.

    Script

  • Gothic
  • Keywords

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