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| | Lawrence, University of Kansas, Kenneth Spencer Research Library,
MS 9/2:29 | | Description: Bifolium - Purchased from Bernard M. Rosenthal in 1975 | | Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 4 | | Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/MS9/229_30 | | Language: Latin Country: France Century: 13th |
| | Part 1: 1 bifolium | | Description: - Parchment - 340 x 245 mm - Double-columned appearance, but text is actually fitted around the illustrations, sometimes in 3 columns, sometimes running across the page; no ruling, but a colored stripe down each page-side; some prickings visible | | Country: France | Cardinal point: | | Region: | City: | | Assigned Date: s. XIII/XIV | Searchable Date Range: 1290 - 1310 | | Dated by scribe: No | Inscribed Date: | | Document: No | Number of Scribes: | | Script: Gothic | | Figurative Decoration: Colored drawings of 17 waist-length biblical figures and 1 scene | | Other Decoration: Colored roundels and connecting lines; red rubrics; 1-line red initials | | Number of Texts: 1 |
| | Text 1: Bifolium | | Author: Peter of Poitiers | | Title: Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi | | Language(s): Latin | | Notes: Petrus Pictaviensis, chancellor of Paris (ca. 1130-1205) | 
| f. 1r
Colored roundels and connecting lines; 4 bust-length figures: David, Solomon, Abigail, Achitob and Abiathar, bald and bearded elder
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| f. 1v
Colored roundels and connecting lines; genealogical table; 4 bust-length figures: 2 crowned youths, turbaned youth, bearded elder
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| f. 2r
Two bust-length figures of crowned youths; figure of Crucifixion; youth with a banner; walking nude baby; two women with banners; arched tablet containing inscription
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| f. 2v
Full-face bust of God with halo; kneeling full-length Moses receiving the laws from a standing, full-length God
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