THE GREAT LAMBETH BIBLE
London; Faber And Faber, 1959. Item #29990
Publishers cloth. 4to. 38 pages. 29 cm. First edition. Eight colored reproductions of miniatures from the Lambeth Bible, with an introduction and commentary. From the Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts. “The Lambeth Bible is a 12th Century illuminated manuscript (probable date 1150-1170) considered to be among the finest surviving giant bibles from Romanesque England. It exists in two volumes. The first volume exists in the Lambeth Palace library (MS3) and covers Genesis to Job and is 328 pages of vellum measuring 518 x 353 mm. Originally this first volume was paired with another volume (MS4) in the Lambeth Palace Library but in 1924 it was realised that the correct pairing was with a second incomplete volume now held in the Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery (MS P.5) . ” (wikipedia; lambeth bible) Subjects: Illumination of books and manuscripts, English - England - Canterbury. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - England - Canterbury. Bijbels. Lambeth-bijbel. Lambeth Bible. Bible - Illustrations. Bible - Manuscripts, Latin. Great condition in good jacket. (BIBLIOG-29-1).
Price: $100.00