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Leaf from a Lectern Bible

Leaf from a Lectern Bible

Collected by: Otto F. Ege (American, 1888 - 1951)

Culture: Flemish

Date: c. 1275
Medium: ink on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (45.1 x 31.8 cm)
Framed: 24 x 17 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (61 x 43.8 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1923.25.1
This bifolio, executed in southern Germany, was probably designed at the same monastery and in the same font that Gutenberg first used. The general appearance of this page is almost identical to the first printed Bible.
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