Accession number
MS M.112
Object title
Bible (MS M.112).
Display Date
14th century.
Created
14th century.
Binding
Italian 19th-century three-quarter brown morocco, gilt-tooled back, tan label lettered: Biblia.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
494 leaves (2 columns, 49 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 160 x 110 mm
Provenance
John Ruskin (ex-libris on inner cover and autograph inscription on recto of first flyleaf); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. Bible; written in Italy in the 14th century.
Decoration: penwork initials and flourishes.
Decoration: penwork initials and flourishes.
Script
small Gothic minuscule
Language
Latin
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