Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 191 x 139 (140 x 92) mm
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Title devised by cataloger. Manuscript fragment. Text on recto is Tobit 11:8-13:8; text on verso is Tobit 13:8-Judith 1:1. Leaf signed "xii" in inner margin of recto and "a" in inner margin of verso. Layout: Written in 2 columns of 50 lines; ruled in lead. Script: Written in Gothic script. Decoration: recto contains 2 pen-flourished initials decorated in red and blue; verso contains 1 pen-flourished initial decorated in red and blue and 2 illuminated initials, one depicting two creatures entwined and the other depicting Judith beheading Holofernes. Origin: Written in France in the middle of 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Other leaves from this manuscript found in the private collection of Robert McCarthy (BM 1119A-G). Consult The McCarthy collection, volume 3, pages 84-87. Shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago Library, Ms1488. Presented to the University of Chicago Library by David Ganz in honor of Hanna Holborn Gray and Catherine Uecker.
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