Lewis E M 5:1 Biblical commentary
Title
Biblical commentaryFunders
- Council on Library and Information Resources
Call number
Lewis E M 5:1(Philadelphia, United States, Free Library of Philadelphia, John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts)
Publisher
Free Library of PhiladelphiaLanguage
LatinOrigin
1140-1160
- Place
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France (eastern)
Notes
- Initial O
- This cutting is from the same manuscript as Lewis E M 5:2.
- This initial begins a commentary on the Book of Exodus by Rabanus Maurus, a Benedictine monk and an archbishop of Mainz who died in 856 A.D. He is considered one of the most important scholars and theologians of Carolingian era. The manuscript from which this cutting was taken was produced in the twelfth century. The vine-scroll decoration is typical of Romanesque illumination.
Extent
106 x 111 mmSupport
ParchmentScript
Keywords
- 12th century
- Bible
- Biblical
- Commentary
- France
- French
- Illumination
- Fragment
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