MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIBLE LEAF Oxford c.1240 LUKE- RENDER TO CAESAR

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MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BIBLE LEAF Oxford c.1240 LUKE- RENDER TO CAESAR:
$750.00

Original 13th Century Medieval Illuminated Bible Leaf, Oxford, England, c. 1240
Illuminated in the workshop of William de Brailes!!!
Text of from LUKE 18:31 – 20:38: “…thy faith hath made thee whole...My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves...RENDER THEREFORE TO CAESAR THE THINGS THAT ARE CAESAR\'S: AND TO GOD THE THINGS THAT ARE GOD\'S...He is not the God of the dead, but of the living…”

IM-11122: A lovely original leaf from an English medieval manuscript pocket Bible. Written with brown ink in Latin gothic script on animal vellum. Rubricated chapter numbers, initials and marginalia in red and blue. 54 lines of text in double columns (10 lines per inch!). TWO multi-line illuminated initials alternating in deep blue and red with delicate blue and red penwork extending into the margins. For sister leaf see Blackburn Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, pl. 4. This leaf measures 185 x 135 mm (7 1/4 x 5 1/16”).

This leaf contains Luke 18:31 - 20:38: \'\'Assumpsit autem...\'\' (Then Jesus took unto him the twelve, and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man...thy faith hath made thee whole...My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves...Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar\'s: and to God the things that are God\'s...He is not the God of the dead, but of the living...).

From a Bible illuminated in the workshop of William de Brailes - one of the few 13th century English illuminators known by name! (De Brailes maintained an active workshop at Oxford c. 1238-52. He was the illuminator of the Oxford Bible). This leaf originates from Oxford, England, c. 1240. This is an original, not a reproduction, and its condition is shown in the photos. There are small pin-sized holes across the surface of the leaf – a likely result of either the acidic nature of the ink or the extremely thin vellum from which this leaf is made!

This “portable” Bible leaf from the Crusades period would have been used in the abstract study of theology or the preaching of the Gospel around the medieval countryside.

This leaf comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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