Detail View: Medieval Manuscripts and Incunabula Collection: Bible leaf: "Dragon Leaf"

Collection Name: 
Medieval Manuscripts and Incunabula Collection
Title: 
Bible leaf: "Dragon Leaf"
Uniform Title: 
Bible -- O.T. -- Leviticus and Numbers
Genre: 
bibles
Date Created: 
[1200/1240]
Date Captured: 
2009-08-12
Language Term: 
Latin
Extent: 
241900648
Abstract: 
Bible. O.T. Numbers. Latin. Northern France, possibly Burgundy [Pontigny?], ca. 1240 [ca. 1200?] Leaf from a Bible with an illuminated initial 'L' inhabited by a double-bodied dragon, thus nicknamed the "Dragon leaf." Text: end of the Book of Leviticus and opening of the Book of Numbers. Rubric before the illuminated initial: Explicit liber Vagedhra. Incipit liber Vagedaler quod est Numerii. Vagedhra and Vagedaler are Hebrew words used to denote Leviticus and Numbers. Red and blue penwork on back.
Abstract: 
Latin Bible (Leviticus 26: 26 - Numbers 1: 19). Northern France (?), early s. xiii. 443 x 303 mm. Parchment. Single leaf. Double column; each column 312 x 98 mm.; 22 lines to a column; ruled and bounded; prick marks in inner margin. Large historiated L (beginning of Numbers), extending above the top column margin and into the gap between columns, of double-headed dragon in pink, blue, and white; 5-line initial L with red and blue penwork ornamentation on reverse.
Note: 
Cataloged from existing description: Medieval Manuscripts in the Norlin Library & the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Colorado at Boulder: A Summary Catalogue
Note: 
Cataloged from existing description: Medieval, Renaissance, and 15th-17th Century Manuscripts in the Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder
Note: 
Purchased through an anonymous donation. Purchased from L. Witten, Early English Manuscripts and Illuminated Leaves, Catalogue 12 (1980), no. 41.
Subject Topic: 
Manuscripts, Medieval -- Colorado -- Boulder
Subject Topic: 
colored ink
Subject Topic: 
inhabited initials
Subject Topic: 
gilding (material)
Subject Geographic: 
Northern France
Subject Temporal: 
Thirteenth century
Subject Title Info: 
Bible -- O.T. -- Leviticus 27-Numbers 1: 19
Related Item Type: 
reverse
Related Item Identifier: 
ms314b.jpg
Related Item Identifier URI: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/0h3f7877z2mv
Identifier: 
ms314a.jpg
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/jf2m8536g5fx
Physical Location: 
For more information about the physical collection, visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.
Shelf Identifier: 
MS 314
Access Condition: 
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
Access Condition Authority: 
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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