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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30485

Shelfmark:

ege-11

Title:

Ege leaf 11: Vulgate Bible, Italy, 1200s

Bible

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1200s

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 20 cm x 13 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: initials (layout features); pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features); marginalia (annotations); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 11.VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
ITALY
middle XIIIth century
Latin text
rotunda Gothic script
Bible
(Biblia Sacra Latina, Versio Vulgata)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
In 1217, St. Dominic, the founder of the order which bears his name, withdrew from France and settled in Italy
Here, in the next four and last years of his life, he founded sixty more chapters of the Dominican order
Many of the younger members of the order studied at the University of Bologna and, while there, produced a great number of these small portable Bibles, just as did their brothers at the University of Paris in France and the University of Oxford in England
There was a difference in the art of the scriptoria in the various countries
In England and France the ideal of craftsmanship was very high, while at this time, in Italy, a rather casual attitude prevailed
In the Xlllth century Italy was distraught by the long struggle between the papal and anti-imperialistic Guelphs and the autocratic and imperialistic Ghibellines
Little encouragement was given by either party to the arts
This leaf reveals, however, the skill and keen eyesight which were necessary for the writing of ten of these lines to the inch.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Bible

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/47

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:47/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University