Bible
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Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney Pam 0004
Andreea Marin, Massey College 2022 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Bible
Shelfmarks
Gurney Pam 0004
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
France
Date of Origin
1320-1340
Persons
Bury, Richard de, 1287-1345
Script, Hands
Written in a gothic hand
General Remarks
Bible with text from the Book of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 10:24-Jeremiah 13:13
Original Condition
Page Height
295 mm
Page Width
201 mm
Height of Written Area
185 mm
Width of Written Area
123 – 124 mm
Number of Columns
2
Width of Columns
57 mm
Number of Lines
46
Line Height
4 mm
Ruling
yes
Numbering
1 leaf
More about the Condition
22mm repaired fleabite on lower right of recto
Current Condition
Dimensions
295 x 201 mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Persons:
Jean Pucelle, active 1320
Description
Recto and verso with floriated illuminated two-line initials at head of each verse in blue, pink, and gold with full-length illuminated bar borders terminating in ivy leaves. Illuminated verse numbers in blue and gold, pen-flourished in red and blue.
History
Origin
France
Provenance
Commissioned by Richard de Bury, 1287-1345
Bought by Michael of Mentmore (active 1335-1349) for St. Alban's Abbey
Persons and Institutions
Sold by Sotheby's as entire MS with sixteenth-century vellum binding in 1964, later disbound. Given to Massey College library by Roy Gurney.
Bibliography
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DE Hamel, C. Fine Books and Book Collecting, 11-12