Western Michigan University, WMU MS 182

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6468

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 182

Title:

Bible leaf, Daniel

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

between 1200 and 1299].

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 300 x 202 mm

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title devised by cataloger.
Page from the book of Daniel; the script displays many of the defining features of Northern Textualis, including fusion in the combinations be, de, do, ho, oc, og, oq, pe, and po, elision of cc and pp, use of round (2-shaped) r following o and p, use of the st ligature (and only the st ligature), and use of Tironian et (uncrossed, with the foot turning slightly to the right) indicating a...
The leaf has suffered some water damage at the lower edge and is trimmed at the outer margin.
Evidence in the text, the manuscript, the quality of the parchment, the script, and the mise-en-page all point to the leaf's origin as part of a complete Bible copied in Paris in the thirteenth century, the place and time of the golden age of manuscript Bible production. Accompanying documentation notes the leaf was exhibited at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in December 1965, at which time...

Keyword:

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Bible. Daniel--Latin--Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21364916870002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222515~160223/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University