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Bible Leaf From the Medieval Age, Circa 1250-1275 -- Crusades Era Document on Vellum

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Bible Leaf From the Medieval Age, Circa 1250-1275 -- Crusades Era Document on Vellum

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Auction Date:2014 Feb 27 @ 17:00 (UTC-8 : PST/AKDT)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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Miniature medieval Bible page. Illuminated manuscript Bible page on vellum dates to the mid 13th century when pocket size Bibles were a common means of spreading Christianity to remote areas. Tiny Gothic script in Latin appears in brown ink with red and blue rubrication. Features a total of 56 lines of text, beginning with Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 20:1 and running through 23:22. Translates in part, ''How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer...The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily...Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee. The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men...The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life...'' Thin sheet features text on both sides. Measures 4.25'' x 6''. Hole in the margin at lower right is likely from original stretching. Very slight buckling to top edge. Near fine given age.