DPL Reed MMF11

Bible, Latin. Southern Netherlands, late thirteenth century

Single leaf. 510 by 360mm. Double column, 33 lines, ruled in leadpoint, written space 335 by 211mm; gothic liturgical hand.

Text: Numbers 6:5–7:14.
Decoration: Two-line bright red initial with red and blue penwork; pen- and brushwork decoration the full height of the page.
Provenance: From the first volume of a large lectern Bible, probably from the Benedictine Abbey of St. Martin in Tournai. Presumably purchased from Folio Fine Art, catalogue 16 (1963), no. 128.
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 74; Reed Early Bibles no. 12; C. de Hamel. ‘Medieval Manuscripts in New Zealand’ in Migrations: Medieval Manuscripts in New Zealand edited by Stephanie Hollis and Alexandra Barratt (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007), 41–2.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 11.

Description reproduced from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections (London, 1989) by permission of the authors (Christopher de Hamel, Margaret Manion, and the family of Vera F. Vines).