Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 92v
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Initial P with Solomon, beginning the Book of Proverbs

This Bible is incomplete, beginning with the opening of II Samuel. The illuminator of this manuscript, William de Brailes, is one of only two illuminators in England from the thirteenth century whose name is known. His workshop was located on Catte Street in Oxford, England.

This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1230-1240.

Sirsi Catalog Key: 1466058
Country: Country:England
City/Town/Township:Oxford

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1250
ShelfMark: Lewis E 29
Creator Name: William de Brailes - Artist