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Oxford Bible Pictures

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Manuscript Information

Title of manuscript: Oxford Bible Pictures
MS call number (and folio selected): Ms.W. 106 Fol. 11v and Fol. 10r
Current location: Baltimore, Maryland 
Place of creation: Oxford, England
Date of creation: Ca. 1250 CE

Codicology and Paleography

Language(s) of text: French
Script: Small Format, Semi- Formal, Gothic Script
Abbreviations: 
Textual corrections
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            Later: 
Marginal commentary
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Rubrication: 
Instructions for scribe: 
Instructions for rubricator and/or artist: 

Provenance

Marks of ownership: 
Stockholm, National Museum Ms. B.2010 (inscription on fol. 1r)
Previous owners: 
Edith Corf, Prioress of Tarent Kaines, Dorset, fourteenth century

Stockholm, National Museum Ms. B.2010 (inscription on fol. 1r)

Léon Gruel, Paris, by purchase, late nineteenth or early twentieth century

Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel in 1906 (invoice, Walters Art Museum archives, filed under Gruel)

Mise en page

Columns: 1
Lines per column: 4
 

Decoration (in hierarchical order)

Gilding: The entire background has evidence of gilding. There is a gold leaf background on both folios. 
Small ink initials: 
Pen flourished initials: 
Painted initials: 
Gold initials: 
Foliate initials: 
Zoomorphic initials: 
Anthropomorphic initials: 
Historiated initials: 
Miniatures: Features two full page miniatures on both folios depicting The Crossing of the Red Sea.
Marginal Illustrations: 
Full page illustration: 

Other Information:

This folio depicts a scene in which the Israelites escape their bondage in Egypt. After God sent many plagues to Egypt, the Pharaoh finally agreed to let the Israelites leave, but then changed his mind and pursued them. The Israelites crossed over the Red Sea, after God had made all the sea dry land. In this image, God allows the waters to return, drowning Pharaoh's army. The Israelites are led by Moses, as seen on Fol. 10r. 

Further readings

Exodus: 14 26-30
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/26909/bible-pictures-by-william-de-brailes-2/
http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W106/description.html

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