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| 139. 13th-century Bible | |
| Bible (1 Maccabees).
France; mid-13th century. MS single leaf; vellum; 198 x 132 mm |
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[recto] A typical double column layout for the Bible (The beginning of 1 Maccabees), with running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue letters alternatively. Written in small Gothic script. The historiated initial of two knights jousting probably represents Judas Maccabeus, who 'put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword' (1 Maccabees, 3:3). [ｮ verso] |
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| Keio, PTP, 60 | |
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