Picturing the monastic drama: Romanesque Bible illustrations of the Song of Song
Diane J. Reilly
Abstract Beginning in the early eleventh century and continuing to end of Romanesque period, a series large illustrated multi-volume Bibles were produced northern Europe Italy, mainly monastic scriptoria. Often called Giant Bibles, these manuscripts are surprisingly similar each other, both their format, decorated or historiated initials that introduce many books Bible. The earliest examples this type may have appeared archdiocese Reims France before production spread throughout rest Europe.1
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