BIBLE. GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. Single leaf from a large ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Paris, ca. 1260] 284 x 188 mm., justification 185 x 130 mm., double column, 53 lines and headline. Containing on recto Marc xv:4 - xvi:20 and on verso Luke i:1 - i:29. TWO LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS at the head of Luke, both blue and pink on gold ground, with long descenders. 1. Letter 'Q', a winged ox, the symbol of St. Luke. 2. Letter 'P', an angel appearing to Luke. (Small portion cut from lower blank margin of the leaf.) With later marginal glosses. In the style of the Grusch Atelier, see Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris , illus. 230-231.
BIBLE. GOSPEL OF ST. LUKE. Single leaf from a large ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Paris, ca. 1260] 284 x 188 mm., justification 185 x 130 mm., double column, 53 lines and headline. Containing on recto Marc xv:4 - xvi:20 and on verso Luke i:1 - i:29. TWO LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS at the head of Luke, both blue and pink on gold ground, with long descenders. 1. Letter 'Q', a winged ox, the symbol of St. Luke. 2. Letter 'P', an angel appearing to Luke. (Small portion cut from lower blank margin of the leaf.) With later marginal glosses. In the style of the Grusch Atelier, see Branner, Manuscript Painting in Paris , illus. 230-231.
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