Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Bible in Medieval Diagram Form

According to the Digital Scriptorium, this is Wetmore Manuscript 1 at the Providence Public Library, and it used to belong to various eminent Englishmen, including a son of James I. But I can't find out anything else about it. I would guess that is it 14th century. It seems to be a sort of sketch of the Bible, with lots of little pictures and snippets of text. Above is a page of Genesis (click to enlarge). Or perhaps these illustrated pages from the online highlights are interspersed with text pages carrying the whole text.

Exodus.

1 Kings.

2 Corinthians.

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