Bible

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Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney Pam 0004

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

  • DE Hamel, C. Fine Books and Book Collecting, 11-12