Collection Name:
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Medieval Manuscripts and Incunabula Collection
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Title:
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Bible leaf: "Dragon Leaf"
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Uniform Title:
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Bible -- O.T. -- Leviticus and Numbers
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Genre:
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bibles
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Date Created:
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[1200/1240]
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Date Captured:
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2009-08-12
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Language Term:
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Latin
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Extent:
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241900648
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Abstract:
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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.
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Abstract:
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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.
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Note:
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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
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Note:
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Cataloged from existing description: Medieval, Renaissance, and 15th-17th Century Manuscripts in the Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder
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Note:
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Purchased through an anonymous donation. Purchased from L. Witten, Early English Manuscripts and Illuminated Leaves, Catalogue 12 (1980), no. 41.
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Subject Topic:
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Manuscripts, Medieval -- Colorado -- Boulder
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Subject Topic:
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colored ink
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Subject Topic:
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inhabited initials
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Subject Topic:
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gilding (material)
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Subject Geographic:
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Northern France
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Subject Temporal:
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Thirteenth century
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Subject Title Info:
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Bible -- O.T. -- Leviticus 27-Numbers 1: 19
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Related Item Type:
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reverse
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Related Item Identifier:
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ms314b.jpg
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Related Item Identifier URI:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/0h3f7877z2mv
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Identifier:
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ms314a.jpg
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/jf2m8536g5fx
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Physical Location:
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For more information about the physical collection, visit the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections.
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Shelf Identifier:
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MS 314
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Access Condition:
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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.
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Access Condition Authority:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Extent List:
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