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Focus on Africa
Richard Upjohn Light
The photograph in this book is one of the many aerial photographs that Meader took during her flight over much of the African continent. It is…
Fol. 120r. The Epistle of Paul to the Romans, from a codex containing the Acts and Epistles<br />Constantinople, last quarter of the thirteenth century
Page with text from the Epistle of Paul to the Romans, from a codex decorated with ornamental headpieces, headbands, and initials.
Fol. 14v. Page containing the account of the Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22), from a codex containing the Torah<br />Egypt, Palestine, Babylonia? Tenth century?
This page belongs to a tenth-century manuscript of the Torah or Pentateuch. The Masorah (a set of rules of pronunciation, spelling, and intonation…
Fol. 150v. Headpiece for the Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, from a codex containing the Acts and Epistles<br />Constantinople, last quarter of the thirteenth century
Headpiece for the Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, from a codex decorated with ornamental headpieces, headbands, and initials
Fol. 1r, containing the beginning of Jerome's Preface to the Four Gospels, from a manuscript of the Gospel of Luke with the <em>Glossa Ordinaria</em><br />Park Abbey, Louven, twelfth century
Fol. 1r, containing the beginning of Jerome's Preface to the Four Gospels,  oening with a decorated intiatial "P", from a manuscript of the Gospel of…
Fol. 210v. Headpiece for the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians, <span>from a codex containing the Acts and Epistles<br />Constantinople, last quarter of the thirteenth century</span>
Headband for the Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, from a codex decorated with ornamental headpieces, headbands, and initials.
Fol. 266v, initial Biblia Latina.
Italy, thirteenth century" title="Fol. 266v, initial "P" opening St. Paul's Epistles to the Galatians, from Biblia Latina.
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Fol.266v, historiated large initial "P", decorated with bright colors and a gold leaf, opening St. Paul's Epistles to the Galatians,  from Biblia…
Fol. 275r, containing the colophon of a manuscript of the Four Gospels<br />Edessa, Mesopotamia, 1161
The colophon indicates that this manuscript was written in the Church of Mother of the God in Edessa (Urfa) in 1161 by the priest Vasil from an…
Fol. 292r, containing text of the Biblia Latina.
Italy, thirteenth century" title="Fol. 292r, containing text of the "Interpretation of Hebrew Names", from Biblia Latina.
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Fol. 292r, containing text of the "Interpretation of Hebrew Names", from Biblia Latina.Italy, thirteenth century
Fol. 39r. Gospel of Matthew, from a Book of Gospels<br />Greece, end of tenth-beginning of eleventh century; miniatures: beginning of twelfth century
Page with text from the Gospel of Matthew, from a Book of Gospels containing full-page portraits of the evangelists Matthew, Mark, and Luke
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