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Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, p. 107v
Manuscript title: Biblia Porta
Manuscript summary: The Latin Porta manuscript, which bears the name of its last private owner, is an illuminated Bible from the Franco-Flemish region, produced at the end of the 13th century. The value of this unique and extraordinary work lies in the quality of its textual illustrations: 447 scenes of great artistic refinement, very lively and expressive. The illustrations consist of historiated initials, ornamental initials, drolleries and marginal illustrations. The text, which is written in extremely carefully formed calligraphy on very fine parchment, is St. Jerome's Vulgate version of the Bible in Latin, revised in Paris in the second quarter of the 13th century. This document is one of the few remaining works from this particular school of book decoration in northern France.
Origin: France
Period: 13th century
Image source: Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire, U 964: Biblia Porta (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bcul/U0964)
Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, p. 107v
Manuscript title: Biblia Porta
Manuscript summary: The Latin Porta manuscript, which bears the name of its last private owner, is an illuminated Bible from the Franco-Flemish region, produced at the end of the 13th century. The value of this unique and extraordinary work lies in the quality of its textual illustrations: 447 scenes of great artistic refinement, very lively and expressive. The illustrations consist of historiated initials, ornamental initials, drolleries and marginal illustrations. The text, which is written in extremely carefully formed calligraphy on very fine parchment, is St. Jerome's Vulgate version of the Bible in Latin, revised in Paris in the second quarter of the 13th century. This document is one of the few remaining works from this particular school of book decoration in northern France.
Origin: France
Period: 13th century
Image source: Lausanne, Bibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire, U 964: Biblia Porta (www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/bcul/U0964)