ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIBLE LEAF c1250 LUKE \"SUFFER CHILDREN TO COME TO ME...\"
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIBLE LEAF c1250 LUKE \"SUFFER CHILDREN TO COME TO ME...\":
$475.00
Original 13th Century Medieval Illuminated Bible Leaf, Italy (probably Bologna), c. 1250
Text from LUKE 15-18!!!
“…Suffer children to come to me, and foroffer them not: for of such is the kingdom of God...It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God…”
IM-11121: A lovely original leaf from a medieval manuscript pocket Bible. Latin rotunda gothic script, ruled in red and written in brown ink in two columns of 50 lines on animal vellum. Rubricated chapter numbers, THREE multi-lined illuminated Lombard style initials and elegant marginalia in red and blue. The gothic text is written in extremely tiny and very well formed letters – so small that there are ten lines of text to the inch! This leaf measures 197 x 130 mm (7 3/4 x 5 1/8”).
The text is from Luke 15:18 - 18:30: “Pater peccavi…” (Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee...It was fit that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is found...No servant can serve two masters...If you had faith like to a grain of mustard seed...The kingdom of God is within you...Everyone that exalteth himself, shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted...Suffer children to come to me, and foroffer them not: for of such is the kingdom of God...It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God...).
This leaf originates from Italy (probably Bologna), c. 1250. This is an original, not a reproduction, and its condition is as shown in the photos. There is one small tear (with no loss of vellum) in the upper outer margin.
Provenance: Ex-collection Otto Ege (1888-1951). Dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art and Lecturer on History of the Book at Western Reserve University and Northwestern University. Ege increased awareness of the history of the book through the dissemination of individual pages to schools, libraries, calligraphers and printers. Sister leaves are #11 in the Portfolio of Fifty Original Leaves (Gwara HL11) - see Cary Collection - Rochester Institute (online example) and other museums.
This leaf comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIBLE LEAF c1250 LUKE \"SUFFER CHILDREN TO COME TO ME...\":
$475.00