Romanesque display Bibles
Dorothy Shepard|Richard Marsden|E. Ann Matter
Romanesque display Bibles are monumental luxury codices, most of which were produced between 1060 and 1200 – the period dominated in western Europe by a distinctive style architecture art inspired ancient Roman precedent, therefore characterised as ‘Romanesque’ nineteenth-century scholars. They constitute probably elaborate, expensive beautiful group ever made. Containing one to five volumes complete Vulgate text many accessory texts, they all parts even Latin kingdom Jerusalem. Although costly terms both materials required time needed for copying decoration, hundreds Many have survived others part.
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