Illuminated Manuscript Leaf From Genesis: Joseph’s Story c. 1250

by Illuminated Manuscript Leaf

$875 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

LEAF FROM A 13TH CENTURY BIBLE CONTAINING STORY OF JOSEPH. Illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum from a Bible in Latin. Northern France, likely Paris, c. 1250. Written in two columns of forty-five lines in a fine Gothic script in dark brown ink. Large initial P verso .The text spans Genesis 42-44. In this portion of Genesis,Joseph tests his brothers during the famine, culminating in Judah’s offer to sacrifice himself for Benjamin.

• Binding: Leather

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