▁This ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁Mac c ab ee ▁books ▁were ▁present ▁originally , ▁but ▁were ▁los ▁later ▁on . ▁ ▁Icon ography ▁▁ ▁The ▁Bible ’ s ▁layout ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁layout ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁early ▁B ibles ▁Mor alis ées . ▁On ▁each ▁page ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁columns , ▁each ▁with ▁four ▁mini atures ▁set ▁in ▁med all ions , ▁which ▁work ▁as ▁pairs . ▁The ▁upper ▁mini ature ▁of ▁each ▁pair ▁illustr ates ▁the ▁text ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament , ▁the ▁lower ▁shows ▁a ▁typ olog ically ▁equivalent ▁scene ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁or ▁an ▁alleg or ical ▁or ▁myst ical ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁story . ▁Besides ▁the ▁mini atures , ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁narrow ▁columns ▁with ▁explan atory ▁text . ▁ ▁If ▁we ▁call ▁the ▁med all ions ▁on ▁the ▁Old ▁Testament ▁A , ▁B , ▁C ▁and ▁D ▁and ▁the ▁accomp any ing ▁explan atory ▁mini atures ▁a , ▁b , ▁c , ▁and ▁d , ▁the ▁page ▁layout ▁would ▁look ▁as ▁follows : ▁▁ ▁The ▁text ▁columns ▁are ▁ 2 5   mm ▁wide , ▁the ▁columns ▁for ▁the ▁med all ions ▁ 7 5   mm . ▁ ▁Only ▁one ▁side ▁of ▁each ▁fol io ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁paint ▁on , ▁the ▁other ▁side ▁was ▁left ▁empty . ▁This ▁procedure ▁double d ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁this ▁b ible ▁very ▁expensive . ▁The ▁artists ▁used ▁the ▁hair - side ▁of ▁the ▁par ch ment ▁to ▁work ▁on