Single Leaf from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Jonah Swallowed by the Whale
c. 1290
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.271
This leaf and the bifolium (double-leaf) displayed to the right both come from the same manuscript: a large lectern bible. The decorative scheme consists of a single historiated initial and spiky ivy-leaf tendrils along the margins, a Parisian convention just developing at thi...
Manuscript
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language
en
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wikidata
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"Q80029284"
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import
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| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1959.271/1959.271_web.jpg |
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Terms
Culture
France, Paris
Technique
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Genre
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Relations
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