Pocket-Sized Bible

ca. 1260; miniature additions ca. 1290-1300 (Gothic)

9.5 cm 14.5 cm

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This pocket-size Bible was created around the middle of the thirteenth century in England. It contains the Vulgate text of the Old and New Testaments, arranged in order and divided into chapters. Such Bibles, designed for individual rather than institutional use, began to be c...

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Mr. Hulinx Borum, England [1]. Léon Gruel, Paris. Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] folio 1r
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