Complete parchment folio from a Bible in Latin, including the beginning of the Book of Job. The recto of the folio shows a historiated capital "U" (7 lines tall) with figure of Job holding a speech banderole (JOB ON THE DUNG-HEAP). Illuminated in gold, red, blue, green, brown, white and beige. On the verso, two initials in red and blue, decorated with penwork. Text in two columns of 38 lines, textualis script (?). 35.5 x 25 cm. Text: 24.2 x 16.5. The fragment is stored in a binder from The Schoyen Collection, MS 1375. Complete catalogue note available: Christie's sale 18152, "The History of Western Script: Important Antiquities and Manuscripts from the Schøyen Collection," lot 452. https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/job-on-the-dung-heap-in-a-historiated-initial-on-a-leaf-from-a-bible-in-46569284