Bible leaf on parchment, ink, gold and pigments; two columns - Lot 102

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Bible leaf on parchment, ink, gold and pigments; two columns - Lot 102
Bible leaf on parchment, ink, gold and pigments; two columns of thirty lines; columns and lines ruled with a penknife; black ink and running titles in blue and red ink. The recto bears the end of chapter LXV of Isaiah (verses 11d - 25b) followed by the incipit of Isaiah LXVI, verses 1-9a [9b-12b mutilated]. The lettering that opens chapter LXVI extends into a decoration of watermarks in blue and red ink, framing the column of text and responding to the chapter numbering in the upper margin. Verso reads the continuation of Is LXVI, verses 12c-21 [22-25 mutilated], followed by the Preface to the Book of Jeremiah attributed to Saint Jerome (c. 347-420). The illumination in the intercolumn consists of a tendril of pink and blue vines, whose multi-lobed leaves, in two shades of red, stand out against a two-tone red and blue background, enhanced with gold. At the top, the scroll merges with the body of a feline-headed chimera. The frame, hemmed in gold, features a three-lobed gable flanked by two turrets. A winged chimera with a curved tail extends the frame in the lower margin. Northeastern France, last third of the 13th century H. 17.5 cm - W. 20 cm (incomplete, wear and tear) The style of this particularly elegant decoration brings it into line with production in northeastern France, and particularly Parisian workshops, in the last third of the 13th century. The Morgan Library in New York holds a Bible of similar provenance and period, with a very similar layout, script and decoration (MS 969). From the same period, the Epistolier de Notre-Dame preserved in the Archives historiques de l'Archevêché de Paris (c. 1260) provides another point of comparison, confirming the origin and dating of our folio.
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