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Italy; Middle 13th Century. Latin Text; Rotunda Gothic Script.

In 1217, St. Dominic, the founder of the order which bears his name, withdrew from France and settled in Italy. Here, in the next four and last years of his life, he founded sixty…

Flanders; Middle 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

This small Psalter leaf illustrates the fact that, although skilled scribes were available in many monasteries in the 13th century, some of the monks who attempted to apply and…

England (Oxford); Middle 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

It is usually difficult to dinstinguish the miniature or portable Bibles made by the young Dominican friars in England from those written in France. At times the colophon…

France; Late 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script

This copy of the Latin version by St. Jerome was made during the period when France stood at the height of her medieval glory. A decade or two before, Louis IX (Saint Louis), the…

France (Beauvais); Late 13th Century. Latin Text; Transitional Gothic Script.

This manuscript, a special gift to a church in the city of Beauvais, was written for Robert de Hangest, a canon, about 1285 A.D. At that time, Beauvais was one of the…

England; Late 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

Illuminated Psalters occur as early as the 8th century, and from the 9th to the beginning of the 14th century they predominate among illuminated manuscripts. About 1220 A.D., portable…

France; Late 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

The Breviary is one of the six official books used by the Roman Catholic Church in its liturgy. It is a book of prayer for the clergy, giving the directions for all of the various…

Italy; Early 14th Century. Latin Text; Transitional Rotunda Script.

At this period, the St. Jerome Bible was not transcribed as often as one would expect in the country of its origin and the very land which held the seat of the Roman Church.…

Flanders; Middle 13th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script.

Small Psalters of this period are comparatively rare, since Psalters were used primarily in the church services and not by the layman. Here, the letters and ornament still retain…

France; Early 14th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script; Gregorian Notation.

At important festival services such as Christmas and Easter these small hymnals were generally used by the laymen as they walked in procession to the various…