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• Council on Library and Information Resources

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• This image shows the opening of a bifolium with an historiated initial from a Bible. The verso contains passages from I Kings 13:12 to 14:10. The recto, opposite, contains passages from I Kings: 22:15-49.
   
• This image shows part of a bifolium with an historiated initial from Bible. It contains passages from I Kings 12:16 to 13:10.
   
• Initial P with Ahaziah falling out of the window of his palace, beginning the Book of II Kings
   
• Lewis E M 43:3-6 are sister leaves. It appears that each bifolium was removed from the same Bible to be re-used as a folder to hold legal documents. The upside-down inscriptions at the bottoms of this bifolium and its sister leaves, all dating to the sixteenth century, make reference to sales and acquisitions between various parties, indicating that these bifolia might have been recycled and used as folders for holding legal documents. The inscription on this folio makes reference to a sale between the Jesuits of Parma in Italy and Marchesa Cattarina Landa.
   
• We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Roger S. Wieck in dating and localizing these leaves.
   

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• Bible
• Biblical
• Historiated initial
• Fragment

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