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Leaf from the St Albans Bible

Manuscript Cutting
1320s-1330s (made)
Place of origin
France (made)
Paris (made)

Bifolium and single leaf from the St Albans Bible, France (Paris), 1320s-1330s.


Object details

Categories
Manuscript Cutting
Manuscripts
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Manuscript cutting
TitleLeaf from the St Albans Bible
Materials and techniques
Parchment
Ink
Pigments
Illumination
Writing
Brief description
Bifolium and single leaf from the St Albans Bible, France (Paris), 1320s-1330s.
Production typeUnique
Object history
Bought from James Tregaskis, 66 Great Russell st, W.C.1 on 19 June 1919 as part of a group of 46 manuscript cuttings (now Museum nos CIRC.116 to 161-1919) for teh total sum of £34.14s.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1919
  • Fine Books and Book Collecting, ed. by Christopher de Hamel and Richard A. Linenthal, Leamington Spa: James Hall, 1981. pp. 10-12 ('Leaf of a Bible Manuscript', by C. de Hamel).
  • Kwakkel, Erik, 'Breaking Bad: The Incomplete History of the St Albans Bible', from MedievalBooks blog, 1 November 2019 [accessed 21/06/2021].
  • Kidd Peter, 'The St Albans Bible', 20 June 2021, in Medieval Manuscripts Provenance blog [accessed 21/06/2021].
  • Kidd, P., The McCarthy Collection. Vol. III: French Miniatures, London: Ad Ilissum, 2021.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.153-1919

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Record createdApril 17, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1262464/leaf-from-the-st-albans-manuscript-cutting/
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