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Bible (MS G.15).

Accession number
MS G.15
Object title
Bible (MS G.15).
Display Date
between 1250 and 1275.
Created
France, possibly Paris, between 1250 and 1275.
Binding
Blue velvet over oak boards.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
549 leaves (2 columns, 49 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 163 x 118 mm
Provenance
Johannes Suicardus a Cronberg, Deacon of Mainz, before 1597; Johannes Riedesel de Eisenbach, after 1597; purchased in Mar. 1951 from William H. Schab for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in France, possibly Paris, third quarter of the 13th century.
Includes interpretations of Hebrew names.
Decoration: 75 historiated initials, numerous decorated initials.
Script
textura.
Language
In Latin;
Century
Classification