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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Cologny
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Bodmer 187
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
The Rothschild-Bible
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 597 ff. · 18.3 x 15 cm · France · middle or second half of the 13th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
Exemplar of the so-called Parisian Bible, a pocket Bible which contains the entire text of the Old and the New Testaments in a relatively small format in two columns in small script. The codex was produced around the middle or in the second half of the 13th century in Central or Eastern France. It is distinguished and made luxurious by no fewer than 82 historiated initials and 66 ornamental initials. Noteworthy is the fact that the biblical text shows signs of careful correction and that the psalms are divided into smaller sections according to a scheme, which rules out that it was commissioned by a monastery, but suggests instead that it was commissioned by a secular priest or a layperson. An erased note of ownership suggests that in 1338 this manuscript belonged to the Celestine Monastery Notre-Dame of Ternes (Limoges), perhaps a gift from its founder Roger le Fort, who was the son of the Lord of Ternes and was Archbishop of Bourges in 1343. Before this Bible became part of the collection of Martin Bodmer, it belonged to the collection of Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1935), hence the name “Rothschild-Bibel.” (ber)
DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0187 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0187)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0187
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
IIIF Drag-n-drop http://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-cb-0187/manifest.json
How to quote:
How to quote
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 187: The Rothschild-Bible (http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0187).
Online Since:
Online Since
12/17/2015
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Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
13th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Other, Figurative, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental, Penwork
Liturgica christiana:
Liturgica christiana
Bible
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