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Illuminated leaf, vellum, of the Book of Judges, 7-9 from Sion Abbey bible, 13th century. Two columns per page, 49 lines per column. Written in dark brown ink with capital letters and decorations in red and blue ink. At the bottom of the page there are comments added in a different hand.Inscription
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Alan Cole13th century illuminated Sion Abbey Bible Leaf. Book of Judges 7-9: The Defeat of Midian, the pursuit of Midian, Gideon makes an ephod.
The silverpoint inscriptions were made by a reader of this text. These remarks must have been written in the Bible after it had been purchased by Sion Abbey and had become a study Bible. For the first hundred years or more of the Bible's existence it probably travelled with French friars as their portable Bible from which to preach.
50 lines ruled in plummet. Written on very fine vellum in dark brown ink in an extremely small and elegant Gothic book hand. Text block approximately: 110 x 75 mm. Leaf size: 148 x 98 mm.
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