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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 14:The parable of the Good Samaritan,Luke X 29-37.From left to right:Jerusalem townscape,the injured man,angel,the Samaritan and his donkey,Christ and the innkeeper. Prophets King David,Prophet Micha, Sirach. Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 15: Above:The trial before Pilate;presenting charges.Mt.XXVII,11-14. Below: Highpriests Annas and Kaiphas under the canopy;the fate of Judas;he returns the 30 pieces of silver and hangs himself.Origin perhaps Aleppo.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 16:Christ or Barrabas;upper register:the tribunal,pontius Pilate,Jews demanding crucification of Jesus;notary with wax tablets. Lower register: Left Christ with two officers on the left, Barrabas with two jailers on the right. Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contains the gospel of Matthew and almost the entire gospel of Mark.30 x 25 cm.Inscriptions and 40 verses are from Psalms and Prophets.Folio 241: portrait of evangelist Mark,shown writing in the posture of a scribe. The figure of Sophia,wisdom,stands in front of Mark. Origin perhaps Aleppo,Syria.
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The purple Codex Rossanensis,a 6th century manuscript on puple parchment,contai...

Moses receives the Tablets of the Law,9th century.God hands the Ten Commandments to Moses on the mountain. Below, Moses shows the tablets to the Jews who stand in a room with arched windows with curtains at either side. From the Moutier-Grandval Bible. Add.10546,fol.25 v.
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Moses receives the Tablets of the Law,9th century.God hands the Ten Commandments...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1109.Famine,Plague, War and Death,represented by four men riding colourful horses.One rider has a set of scales,two hold swords and one has a bow and arrow.A demon or mythical beast waves its arms,lower right.From the Silos Apocalypse. Add 11695,fol.102 v. Apo 9: 13 - 16
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1109.Famine,Plague, War and Death,represen...

Aaron lighting the Menorah,around 1280.Aaron,stretching on his toes and pouring oil into the Menorah,the seven-branched candelabrum,with a Hebrew text below. From the "North French Miscellany" a Hebrew manuscript, written in Northern France by Benjamin the Scribe. Add 11639,fol.114 r
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Aaron lighting the Menorah,around 1280.Aaron,stretching on his toes and pouring...

Dante and Beatrice,around 1300-1321. The couple fly through the heavens towards Celestial Jerusalem. From the Divina Comedia by Dante Alighieri. Y.T.36,fol.184.
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Dante and Beatrice,around 1300-1321. The couple fly through the heavens towards...

The Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500.Builders construct the Tower of Bable from stone, using a winch and scaffolding.Men in the foreground inspect the progress. In the background is a courtyard and more workmen. From a page of illustrated Latin text from a Book od Hours. Add.35313.fol.34.
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The Building of the Tower of Bable,1475-1500.Builders construct the Tower of B...

Tobit,blind in bed, attended by two women,around 1470. Set in a cosy interior,one of the women sits by the fire concocting a recipe, while the other holds a dish.Tobi lies in the background. From volume IV of a biblical history by Guyart des Moulins. Roy.15.D.I.fol.18
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Tobit,blind in bed, attended by two women,around 1470. Set in a cosy interior,o...

Pentecost. A red hexagonal enclosure of stone or brick surrounds two tall blue towers with conical brown roofs, which are joined by a red-tiled roof with a ball at each end. Under this stand the twelve apostles, with Peter holding the key in the centre and Paul to his right. Above the dove, in blue, descends vertically with red flames coming from its mouth. From:"Ottobeuren Collectarius". ID:Y.T.2,fol. 27b-28
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Pentecost. A red hexagonal enclosure of stone or brick surrounds two tall blue t...

Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the pharaoh's dream: there would be seven years of good harvest, followed by seven years of famine. During the fat years the Egyptians store food and survive, unlike their neighbours. Bottom left: Joseph and his brothers; right: a man is ordered to be bound and led away. ID: Add 27210,fol. f 7 recto.
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Joseph and the Pharaoh, 1300-1330. In the top left Joseph is interpreting the ph...