12mo (19.6 x 13.1 cm, 7.75 x 5.125"). [1] f.Paris was the center of Bible production in the 13th century, with the text having been standardized there, and the University attracting scholars who wished to have just such a small Bible as this leaf came from—a new thing in the 13th century. [BEING QUERIED: The text here is I Samuel 22:15-25:8, including the pursuit of David by King Saul and the famous scene where David sneaks up and cuts off part of the king's cloak, later showing it to Saul as proof of his good faith, that when he could have killed him, he forebore doing so.]nnThis leaf is of fine quality (i.e., thin) vellum, with the text in two columns per page of 57 lines each, ruled in lead, the top line written below the top rule. The pricking for the rules is still present on the outside edge of the leaf. The scribe has written very small in black ink in compact Gothic script of the style typical of Bibles and other scholarly manuscripts of the 13th century, though it shows a few characteristics of later cursive Gothic. The running headers are in red and blue letters with a little pen tracery. The numbers heading each chapter (XXIII, XXIIII, and XXV) are likewise in red and blue, and there are 3 two-line initials (one on the recto and two on the verso) heading each chapter, a red E, a blue A (with a long descender), and a red M, each with elaborate and long tracery in the contrasting color. There are also notes to the rubricator on the edges.nnProvenance: Ex-Zion Research Foundation (later known as the Endowment for Biblical Research); very likely to Zion from Ege. nnSome spots of staining in the margins, and remnants of adhesive with vellum thinned where it was removed.,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439261/datastream/PDF/view

"Bifolium. Manuscript on vellum, 12mo (17.7 x 23.7 cm, 7 x 9.25"). [2] fA double-page spread from a small Paris Bible. Paris was the center of Bible production in the 13th century, with the text having been standardized there, and the University attracting scholars who wished to have just such a small Bible as this double leaf came from—a new thing in the 13th century. The texts on this bifolium are Ezekiel 27:11-30:3, containing prophecies against Tyre and Egypt, and Ezekiel 44:17-47:4, with directions for restoring the life of a just and righteous Israel and the beginning of Ezekiel's vision of water pouring forth from the temple.nnThis leaf is of very fine paper-thin vellum. The text is in two columns per page of 53 lines, faintly ruled in lead, the top line written above the top rule. The outer edge of the second leaf retains its prickings. Text is written in black ink in a very small and compact Gothic script of the style typical of Bibles and other scholarly manuscripts of the 13th century. The running headers are in red and blue ink, the numbers heading each chapter are likewise in red and blue, and there are 1 ten-line initial I (in red with blue tracery), 1 four-line initial H (in blue with red tracery), and 4 two-line initials (in red or blue with tracery in the contrasting color). Key initials in the text are lined in red. Some corrections have likewise been made in the text, in black or red, and there is some marginalia in black and red in an early hand.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439250/datastream/PDF/view

12mo (17 x 12.3 cm, 6.75 x 4.875"). [1] f.A "Peaceable Kingdom" leaf from a small Bible: Paris was the center of Bible production in the 13th century, with the text having been standardized there, and the University attracting scholars who wished to have just such a small Bible as this leaf came from—a new thing in the 13th century. The text here is Isaiah 61:3-66:10, containing a prophecy of the restoration of Jerusalem, including the well-known Isaiah 65:25: "The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpents meat. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord."(KJV)nnThis leaf is of very fine paper-thin vellum. The text is in two columns per page of 53 lines, faintly ruled in lead, the top line written below the top rule; it is written in black ink in an extremely small and compact Gothic script of the style typical of Bibles and other scholarly manuscripts of the 13th century. The running headers are in red and blue ink, the numbers heading each chapter are likewise in red and blue, and the 5 two-to-three-line initials (3 on the recto, and 2 on the verso) beginning each chapter are in red or blue, the Q's with long descenders, and all with elaborate long tracery in the contrasting color. A few instructions to the rubricator are to be found in the gutters.nnParchment with slight cockling. Some letters rubbed, affecting legibility in one place. Two pieces of cloth tape, likely for mounting, have been attached in the inner margin of the verso, running beyond the edge of the leaf. The quality and thinness of the parchment, the minuteness of the writing, and quality of the decoration make this a particularly fine, beautiful, and delicate piece.,Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439258/datastream/PDF/view

"12mo (18.5 cm, 7.25"). [1] f.Paris was the center of Bible production in the 13th century, with the text having been standardized there, and the University attracting scholars who wished to have just such a small Bible as this leaf came from—a new thing in the 13th century. The text here is Jeremiah 35:7-37:12, containing part of the prophecy of the defeat of Judah by the Babylonians.nnThis leaf is of fine quality (i.e., thin) vellum, with the text in two columns per page, of 32 lines each, ruled in lead, the top line written below the top rule. It is written small in black ink in compact Gothic textura script of the style typical of Bibles and other scholarly manuscripts of the 13th century.nnThe running headers are in red and blue with pen tracery. The number heading chapter XXXVI (on the verso) is likewise in red and blue, and there is also a two-line blue initial E with most elaborate pen tracery in red and blue running the height of the entire column of text and into the margin. Key initials in the text are lined in red.nnProvenance: Ex-Zion Research Foundation (later known as the Endowment for Biblical Research); very likely to Zion from Ege.nnA little cockled; text somewhat rubbed. Exceptionally nice penwork on the verso.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439264/datastream/PDF/view

"Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"), 2ff. The "Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum" ("Book of Interpretation of Hebrew Names") was often found as part of the fore-matter of medieval and Renaissance Bibles penned in France, especially in Paris. It is an alphabetical list, with quite fanciful etymologies or origins, of Hebrew proper names in the Bible.nnIn hand are two large conjugate leaves (i.e., four pages), the very attractive "spread" measuring 32.5 cm x 45.5 cm (h x w) (or 12.75 x 18"). The text is penned in an extraordinarily neat, even impeccable hand in sepia ink, using a modified and sometimes semi-rounded gothic textura hand, in triple-column format with 49 lines per column, on large pages with very ample margins. One folio contains the entries Anatha to Araphah on its two sides, the other Badam to Benael. Each entered name begins with at least a large one-line initial in red or blue, and each time the third letter of a name changes from that of the previous entry, the initial of that name is a large two-line one embellished with tracery in the margin and with decorative in-fill. Thus, a typical page has 8 large red or blue initials with contrasting tracery and 55 to 60 smaller initials in red or blue.nnFine quality vellum, supple and white. As pleasing to look at, as interesting for content.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439425/datastream/PDF/view