Accession number
MS M.494
Object title
Thirteenth-century French Bible (MS M.494).
Created
Paris, France, ca. 1275-1280.
Binding
Lower cover is 14th-century French brown morocco, tooled, with Visconti emblems; upper cover is a late 19th- or early 20th-century copy of the lower cover.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1912.
Description
639 leaves (2 columns, 40 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 390 x 285 mm
Provenance
Probably owned by Isabelle de France (1348-1372), daughter of King Jean II and the wife of Gian Galeazzo Visconti; Baron Hugo de Bethmann collection, Paris; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Léon Gruel in Paris in 1912; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. Bible; written and illuminated in Paris, France, ca. 1275-1280.
Artists: Charlemagne Master (fl. ca. 1275-1285?) and Paris-Acre Master, also known as the Hospitaller Master (fl. ca. 1276-1291). An analysis of the hands can be found in Gothic Manuscripts, 1260-1320, by Alison Stones, I-2, 116-126). These artists collaborated on two other bibles: Paris, Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Ms. 5056 and London, British Library, Ms. Harley 616 (Vol. 1) and Ms. Add. 41751 (Vol. 2).
Decoration: 76 historiated initials.
Revised: 2017
Artists: Charlemagne Master (fl. ca. 1275-1285?) and Paris-Acre Master, also known as the Hospitaller Master (fl. ca. 1276-1291). An analysis of the hands can be found in Gothic Manuscripts, 1260-1320, by Alison Stones, I-2, 116-126). These artists collaborated on two other bibles: Paris, Bibl. de l'Arsenal, Ms. 5056 and London, British Library, Ms. Harley 616 (Vol. 1) and Ms. Add. 41751 (Vol. 2).
Decoration: 76 historiated initials.
Revised: 2017
Script
textura
Language
French
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