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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, bifolio 520 x 772 mm, leaf 520 x 386 mm (362 x 250 mm), two columns, 30 lines, ruled in plummet, written above top line, running headers, thread from the sewing of a lost protective curtain above the initial on fol. 1v
SCRIPT: Gothic bookhand (textualis)
CONTENTS
fol. 1r-v Judges 21:8-24, followed by capitula for Ruth
fol. 2r-v End of capitula for Ruth, followed by Ruth 1-2:1
DECORATION
Historiated initial on gold ground, surmounted by a tower, with a dragon at the base: fol. 2r Ruth, [I, 30 ll.] Elimelech, Naomi and their sons, Mahalon and Chilion, clutching pilgrim staffs and travelling to Moab, the four figures are arranged vertically in separate compartments surmounted by arches.
ORNAMENTATION
Orange-red, blue and grey initial [F, 21 ll.] on gold ground, with infill of foliate coils and large stylised leaves in blue, rose, white, green and orange-red, extending down the column’s full length into a dragon whose tail terminates in coiled foliage, for the capitula to Ruth (fol. 1v); gold initial [T, 2 ll.] on blue ground, with infill of white scrollwork on pink ground, for Ruth 2:1 (fol. 2v); alternate gold and blue one-line initials for capitula; alternate gold and blue capitals in running headers.
Notes
History note: Acquired in 1939 from the Hess Antiquariat in Bern by a relative of Salomé Burckhardt who presented it to the Museum in June 2011.
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Given by Salomé Burckhardt
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