ST PAUL and A VIOLIN-PLAYER, two historiated initials on a bifolium from a Giant Bible [Spain, probably Castile, c.1300
ST PAUL and A VIOLIN-PLAYER, two historiated initials on a bifolium from a Giant Bible [Spain, probably Castile, c.1300] 398 x 272mm. 33 lines in two columns, ruled space: 250 x 70mm, pinpricks survive, headings in red and blue, two historiated and one illuminated initial (tiny loss to the burnished gold of the violin player, marginal cockling). The text runs from 1 Corinthians 16:6, ‘[...] vel etiam hiemabo [...]’ to 2 Corinthians 1:12, ‘[...] sed in gratia Dei conversati [sumus]’ and 2 Corinthians 12:5, ‘[...] pro eiusmodi gloriabor [...]’ to 2 Corinthians 13:13, ‘[...] et communicatio Sancti Spiritus cum omnibus vobis amen’.
ST PAUL and A VIOLIN-PLAYER, two historiated initials on a bifolium from a Giant Bible [Spain, probably Castile, c.1300
ST PAUL and A VIOLIN-PLAYER, two historiated initials on a bifolium from a Giant Bible [Spain, probably Castile, c.1300] 398 x 272mm. 33 lines in two columns, ruled space: 250 x 70mm, pinpricks survive, headings in red and blue, two historiated and one illuminated initial (tiny loss to the burnished gold of the violin player, marginal cockling). The text runs from 1 Corinthians 16:6, ‘[...] vel etiam hiemabo [...]’ to 2 Corinthians 1:12, ‘[...] sed in gratia Dei conversati [sumus]’ and 2 Corinthians 12:5, ‘[...] pro eiusmodi gloriabor [...]’ to 2 Corinthians 13:13, ‘[...] et communicatio Sancti Spiritus cum omnibus vobis amen’.
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