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[Two leaves from the St. Alban's Bible: Samuel and Genesis]
Description
Two leaves from the St Albans Bible, an early-fourteenth century bible produced by artisans in the Paris book trade.
The text is copied in a medium-quality littera textualis. This leaf contains decorated borders, running titles, and initials, for which gold leaf was used, as well as yellow wash in the capital letters.
Item Metadata
| Title |
[Two leaves from the St. Alban's Bible: Samuel and Genesis]
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| Publisher |
[Paris] : [Publisher not identified]
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| Date Created |
[between 1300 and 1350]
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| Description |
Two leaves from the St Albans Bible, an early-fourteenth century bible produced by artisans in the Paris book trade.
The text is copied in a medium-quality littera textualis. This leaf contains decorated borders, running titles, and initials, for which gold leaf was used, as well as yellow wash in the capital letters. |
| Extent |
2 unnumbered leaves : parchment, 2 columns, 26 lines, unbound, running titles, border decoration, decorated initials ; 29.7 x 19.9 cm
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| File Format |
application/pdf
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| Language |
Latin
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| Notes |
The individual who created the illumination is identified as the Saint Louis Master, a known associate of Paris illuminator and libraire Jean Pucelle (cf. Mie Kuroiwa, “Working with Jean Pucelle and His Successors: The Case of the Saint Louis Master (Mahiet?),” in Kyunghee Pyon and Anna D. Russakoff (eds.), Jean Pucelle: Innovation and Collaboration in Manuscript Painting (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013), pp. 111-129, at p. 129).
The parent manuscript was purchased by Philip Duschnes at a Sotheby’s auction on 6 July 1964. He subsequently broke the book and offered individual leaves for sale, for the first time in his catalogue 169 (1965). The host manuscript was possibly owned by St Albans Abbey (cf. Christopher de Hamel, “Leaf of a Bible Manuscript,” in Fine Books and Book Collecting, eds Christopher de Hamel and Richard A. Linenthal (Leamington Spa: James Hall, 1981, pp. 10-12). |
| Identifier |
Z114 .M424; Z114_M424_003
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| Collection | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Z114 .M424
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| Date Available |
2019-10-25
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| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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| Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.ubc.ca
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| Catalogue Record | |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0384660
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.ubc.ca