Bibles

 

Arras, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS. 252

(Postillae Nicolai de Lira super Pentateucho [Pentateuch of Nicolas of Lyre])

French, 14th Century

La plume et le parchemin

Commentary: Régine Pernoud

Paris: Denoël, 1983

ART:  ND38 .P5 P4 1983

 

Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery

(Bible of Conradin of Hohenstaufen)

Italian, 13th Century

Bible for a King: Illuminations from the Thirteenth-Century Bible of Conradin of Hohenstaufen

Commentary: Michael Ward

New York: Michael Ward, Inc., 1984

 

Basel, Universitaat Bibliothek, MS. AII 1-13

(Rüdiger Schopf Bible)

German, 14th Century

Die Rüdiger Schopf-Handschriften: Die Meister einer Freiburger Werkstatt des späten 14. Jahrhundersts und ihre Arbeitsweise.

Commentary: Lieselotte Esther Stamm

Aurau, Frankfurt am Maim and Salzburg: Verlag Sauerländer, 1981

ART:  ND3153 .F73 S73 1981

 

Chicago, University Library, MS. 965 (formerly Rockefeller Library, MS. 2400)
(Rockfeller McCormick New Testament)
Byzantine, (?)
The Rockefeller McCormick New Testament.
Commentary: Edgar J. Goodspeed, Donald W. Riddlet and Harold R. Willoughby
Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1932
RBC: ND3359 .R55 B5 (3 vols.)
(Zotter 73)

 

Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Vat. gr. 333

(Vaticanus Graecus 333 [Vatican Book of Kings])

Byzantine, 11th Century

L'Illustration Byzantine du Livre des Rois: Vaticanus Graecus 333.

Commentary: Jean Lassus

Paris: Éditions Kincksieck, 1973

ART:  ND3358 .K56 L37

 

Città del Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS. Barb. lat. 613
(Bible of Niccolò III)
Italian, 15th Century
Bibbia estense: Codex Vatican Barb. Lat. 613.
Comentary: Laura Carlino
Milan: Jaca Book Codici, 1989
ART CAGE OVERSIZE: ND3355.5 .B52 B5 1989

 

Eton, Eton College, MS. 177
(The Eton Roundels, "Figurae Bibliorum")
English, 13th Century
The Eton Roundels: Eton College Ms. 177 ("Figurae Bibliorum"): a color facsimile with transcription, translation and commentary.
Commentary: Henry Avril
Brookfield, VT: Gowar Pub. Co., 1990
ART: ND3355.5 .F53 F5413 1990

 

Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS. plut. 5.9; Turin, Biblioteca N. U., Cod. B.I. 2; and Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, Cod. Haun. G.K.S. 6
(Bible of Niketas)
Byzantine, 10th Century
Die Bibel des Niketas: Ein Werk der höfischen Buchkunst in Byzanz und sein antikes Vorbild.
Commentary: Hans Belting and Guglielmo Cavallo
Wiesbaden: L. Reichert, 1979
ART OVERSIZE: ND3355.5 .N48 B37 1979

 

Freiburg im Breisgau, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. 334 and New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS. M. 719-20
(Frieburg/Morgan Picture Bible)
German, 14th-15th Century
Deutsche Bilderbibel aus dem Späten Mittelalter/ Picture Bible of the Late Middle Ages
Commentary: Josef Hermann Beckmann and Ingeborg Schroth
Konstanz and Bodensee: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1960
ART: ND3355 .F7 also RBC-Folio: ND3355.F7
(Zotter 169 and 376)

 

London, British Library, MS Royal 1 D V-VIII. Greek Bible, Old Testament
(Codex Alexandrinus)
Alexandria, Mid- 5th Century
Vetus Testamentum graecum e codice ms. Alexandrino, qui Londini in bibliotheca Musei Brtanici asservatur, typis ad similitudineu ipsius codicis scripturae fideliter descriptum, cura et laboro Henrici Herveii Baber.
London: Ex. P. Richardi et A. Taylor, 1816.
RBC-Folio 2: Z115Z .B57 A4 1816
(Zotter 283)

 

London, British Library, MS Royal 1 D V-VIII. Greek Bible, Old Testament
(Codex Alexandrinus)
Alexandria, Mid- 5th Century
The Codex alexandrinus (Royal ms. 1 D v-viii) in reduced photographic facsimile.
London: British Museum, 1909-1957
Davis: Z115Z .B57
(Zotter 283)

 

London, British Library, MS. Cotton Caudius B. IV.
(Saxon Pentateuch)
Anglo-Saxon, (?)
The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch
Commentary: C.R. Dodwell and Peter Clemoes
Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagger, 1974
DAVIS FOLIO-2: BS1214.A53 C67 1974

 

London, British Library, MS. Add. 47682 (listed in Zotter as MS. Add. 47680)
(Holkham Bible Picture Book)
English, 14th Century
The Holkham Bible Picture Book
Commentary: W.O. Hassall
London: Dropmore Press, 1954
RBC FOLIO: ND3355 .H6 1954
(Zotter 296)

 

London, British Library, MS. Add. 47682 (listed in Zotter as MS. Add. 47680)
(Holkham Bible Picture Book)
English, 14th Century
The Holkham Bible Picture Book
East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire: Micro Methods
DAVIS MICROFORMS COLL. MICROFILM: 1-4076
(Zotter 296)

 

London, British Library, MS. Add. 47682 (listed in Zotter as MS. Add. 47680)
(Holkham Bible Picture Book)
English, 14th Century
The Holkham Bible Picture Book. Introduction and commentary by W. O. Hassall [2nd ed.]
London: Dropmore Press, 1954
RBC Folio: ND3355 .H6 1954

 

London, British Library, MS. Add. 10546
(Moutier-Grandval Bible)
Carolingian (French), 9th Century
Die Bibel von Moutier-Grandval
Commentary: E.J. Beer, A. Bruckner, J. Duft, et. al.
Bern: Verein Schweizerischer Lithographiebesitzer, 1971
RBC FOLIO-2: ND3355 .M6 1971
(Zotter 287)

 

London, British Museum, Add. MSS. 28106-28107

(Stavelot Bible)

Romanesque (Flemish), 11th Century

The Illuminations of the Stavelot Bible

Commentary: Wayne Dynes

Ann Arbor, MI:  University Microfilms, 1970

ART MICROFILM:  5-64

 

London, Lambeth Pal. Lib., MS. 3; Maidstone Mus. & A.G.

(Lambeth Bible)

Romanesque (English), 12th Century

The Great Lambeth Bible

Commentary: C.R. Dodwell

London: Faber and Faber, c1959

DAVIS:  ND3355 .L3

 

Lübeck, St. Annen-Kloster
(Lübeck Bible)
German, 16th Century
Die Lübecker Bibel
Commentary: Max J. Friedlnder
Munich: R. Piper, 1923
ART: NE1253 .L8 F7

 

Manchester, John Rylands Library, MS. fr. 5
(John Rylands French 5)
(?), 13th Century
La Bible historiée toute figurée de la John Rylands Library
Commentary: Robert Fawtier
Paris: Pour les Trustees et gouverneurs de la John Rylands Library, 1924
ART OVERSIZE: ND3355 .J6
(Zotter 321)

 

Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, MS. 2139
(Trivulziana Bible)
Italian, 14th Century
Splendori di sacre scritture dalla Trivulziana
Commentary: Giulia Bologna
Milan: Biblioteca Trivulziana, 1987
ART CAGE: ND3355.5 .T74 B65 1987

 

Moulins, Bib. Mun. MS. 1

(Souvigny Bible)

Romanesque (French), 12th Century

The Souvigny Bible: A Study in Romanesque Manuscript Illumination

Commentary: Walter Chan

Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1977

ART: ND3355 .C34 (2 vols.)

 

Mount Sinai, Monastery of St. Catherine

(VARIOUS:  [MS. 261], [MS. 190], [MS. 1591], etc.)

Byzantine, 10th-16th Centuries

The Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament at Mount Sinai: Facsimilies and Descriptions

Commentary: William Henry Paine Hatch

Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1932

ART CAGE:  BS1939 .S5 H3

 

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS. M. 638
(Morgan Old Testament Picture Book [a.k.a. Morgan Crusader Bible, Maciejowski Bible])
Gothic (French), 13th Century
Old Testament Miniatures: a medieval picture book with 283 paintings from the Creation to the story of David
Commentary: Sydney C. Cockerell
New York: G. Braziller, 1969
ART OVERSIZE: ND3356 .B535
(Zotter 374)

 

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS. M 240
(Toledo Moralized Bible)
Gothic (French), 13th Century
Die Bibel Ludwigs des Heilegen: vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat von Ms. M. 240 der Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Commentary: Hans Walter-Stork
Graz: Akademiche Druck-u. Verlaganstalt, 1995
ART CAGE: ND3361 .R52 B43 1995 (2 vols.)
(Zotter 551)

 

New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS. M 240
(Toledo Moralized Bible)
Gothic (French), 13th Century
Bible of Saint Louis
Barcelona: M. Moleiro
ART: (check online catalog) (3 vols.)
(Zotter 551)

 

Norfolk, Holkham Hall Library, MS. 10
([Bible])
French, 13th Century
[Biblia]
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: Micro Methods, 196-?
DAVIS MICROFORMS COLL. MICROFILM: 1-4635

 

Norfolk, Holkham Hall Library, MS. 10 and 13
([Bible])
French, 13th Century
[Miniatures from two 13th Century Bibles, Holkham MSS. 10 and 13]
East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: Micro Methods, 197-?
DAVIS MICROFORMS COLL. MICROFILM: 1-4636

 

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. laud. misc. 752
(Giffard Bible)
English, 12th Century
The Giffard Bible: Bodleian Library MS Laud misc. 752
Commentary: Jennifer M. Sheppard
New York: Garland Pub., 1986
ART: ND3355.5 .B62 S5 1986

 

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 270b
(Oxford/Paris/London Moralized Bible [Oxford portion only])
Gothic (French), 13th Century
Bible moralisée
Commentary: W.O. Hassall
Oxford: Oxford Microform Publications; Torono: University of Toronto Press, 1978
DAVIS MICROFORMS COLL. MICROFICHE: 1-2246
(Zotter 389)

 

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 270b; Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. lat. 11560 and London, BL, Harley MSS. 1526-7
(Oxford/Paris/London Moralized Bible)
Gothic (French), 13th Century
La Bible moralisée, conserve Oxford, Paris et Londres; reproduction integrale du manuscrit du XIIIe siècle
Paris: Pour les membres de la Socit, 1911-27
ART CAGE OVERSIZE: ND3355 .M7 (4 vols.)
(Zotter 281, 389 and 479)

 

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. syr. 341
(Syrian Bible in Paris)
Syrian, 6th Century
Die Syrische Bibel von Paris: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, syr. 341, Eine frühchristliche Bilderhandschrift aus dem 6. Jahrhundert
Commentary: Reiner Sörries
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, 1991
ART: ND3355.5 B52 S67 1991

 

Rome, Convento di San Paolo fuori le mura
(Bible of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls)
Carolingian (French), 9th Century
La Bibbia Di S. Paolo Fuori le Mura
Commentary: Viviana Jemolo and Mirella Morelli
Rome: De Luca Editore, 1981
ART: ND3355.5 .S35 B52 1981
(Zotter 508)

 

Rovigo, Italy, Biblioteca dell'Accademia del concordi, MS. 212 and London, British Museum, MS. Add. 15277
(Historiated Paduan Bible)
Italian, 14th Century
Bibbia Istoriata Padovana della fine del Trecento: Pentateuco, Giosu, Ruth
Gianfranco Folena, ed.
Venice: N. Pozza, 1962
ART: ND3358 .P5 F654
(Zotter 289 and 512)

 

St. Petersburg, Imperial Library
(Codex Sinaiticus)
Greek, 4th Century
Codex sinaiticvs petropolitanvs; the New Testament, the Epistle of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas preserved in the Imperial library of St. Petersburg, now reproduced in facsimile from photographs by Helen and Kirsopp Lake, with a description and introduction to the history of the Codex by Krisopp Lake.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911.
RBC Folio-2: Z115Z .B59S

 

Toledo, Spain, Tesoro de la Santa Iglesia Catedral de Toledo. Biblioteca. Bible moralisée.
(La Biblia de San Luis)
French, 13th Century
Bible. Latin. Catedral de Toledo. Biblioteca. Manuscript. 1999.
Barcelona: M. Moleiro, 1999.
RBC Folio-2: BS75 1999
(Zotter 551 and 867)

 

Uppsala, Univeristy Library

(Codex Argenteus)

Italian, 6th Century

Codex Argenteus: the Silver Bible at Uppsala

Commentary: Tönnes Kleberg

Uppsala: Uppsala University Library, 1958

DAVIS:  BS105.5 .A7 K53 1958

(Zotter 559)

 

Uppsala, Universitätsbibliothek, MS Gothic Bible of Bishop Ulfilas (Wulfila)
(Codex Argenteus, Silver Bible)
Ravenna, 6th Century
Codex argenteus upsaliensis jussu Senatus Universitatis phototypice editus.
Uppsala: Officinia Almqvist & Wiksell, 1927.
RBC-Folio: Z115 .B57
(Zotter 559)

 

Uppsala, Universitätsbibliothek, MS Gothic Bible of Bishop Ulfilas (Wulfila)
(Codex Argenteus, Silver Bible)
Ravenna, 6th Century
Von Schweizerischen Bibliothekswesen, "Zur geschichte des Codex argenteus Upsaliensis, n.p., n.d."
RBC: BS106 .M4
(Zotter 559)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Vindobonensis 2554
(Vienna Moralized Bible)
Gothic (French), 13th Century
Bible moralisée: Codex Vindobonensis 2554, Vienna Sterreichischen Nationalbibliothek
Commentary: Gerald B. Guest
London: Harvey Miller, c1995
ART: ND335.V5213 1995
(Zotter 605)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. Vindobonensis 2554
(Vienna Moralized Bible)
Gothic (French), 13th Century
Bible Moralisée. Faks.-Ausg. Im Originalformat des Codex Vindobonensis 2554 dersterr. Nationalbibliothek
Commentary: Reiner Haussherr
Graz: Akadem. Druck-u. Verlagsanst., 1973
ART CAGE: ND3355. V5 1973 (2 vols.)
(Zotter 605)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. theolo. gr. 31
(Vienna Genesis)
Byzantine, 6th Century
Die Wiener Genesis
Commentary: Hans Gerstinger
Vienna: Dr. B. Filser, 1931
RBC FOLIO: ND3385 .G4 W5
(Zotter 584)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. theolo. gr. 31
(Vienna Genesis)
Byzantine, 6th Century
The Vienna Genesis
Commentary: Emmy Wellesz
New York: T. Yoseloff, 1960
ART: ND3358 .G4 W55
(Zotter 584)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS. theolo. gr. 31

(Vienna Genesis)

Byzantine, 6th Century

Die Wiener Genesis: Eine kunstwissenschaftliche Bilderbuchgeschichte

Commentary: Karl Clausberg

Frankfurt: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, 1984

ART:  ND3358 .G4 W546 1984

(Zotter 584)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. theolo. gr. 31

(Vienna Genesis)

Byzantine, 6th Century

Genesis: Bilder aus der Wiener Genesis Erläutert

Commentary: Albrecht Goes

Hamburg: Friedrich Wittig Verlag, 1956

ART:  ND3358 .G4 G6

(Zotter 584)

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS. 1191

(Naples Bible)

Italian, 14th Century

The Illuminated Naples Bible (Old Testament): 14th-century manuscript

Commentary: Eva Irblich and Gabriel Bise

New York: Crescent Books, 1979

DAVIS:  ND3356.5 .N36 I43

 

Vienna, Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, MS. 2576

(Vienna "Histoire Universelle")

(?), 14th Century

Die Genesisminiaturen in der Wiener "Histoire Universelle" (Cod. 2576)

Commentary: Koichi Koshi

Vienna: Verlag Adolf Holzhausens NFG., 1973

ART: ND3358 .G4 K67

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MSS. 2759-64
(Wenceslas Bible)
Gothic (Bohemian), 14th Century
La Bible de Prague: Reproduction en fac-similé de peintures de la Bible de Wenceslas IV, roi de Bohême
Commentary: Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Jean Grosjean, Marcel Thomas
Paris: Philippe Lebaud, 1989
ART: ND3356.5 .W46 E75 1989

 

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MSS. 2759-64
(Wenceslas Bible [only the book of Genesis, fols. 1-53])
Gothic (Bohemian), 14th Century
König Wenzels Bibelbilder: Die Miniaturen zur Genesis aus der Wenzelsbibel
Commentary: Franz Unterkircher, 1983
Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1983
ART: ND3358 .G4 U67 1983

 

Winchester, Cathedral Library

(Winchester Bible)

Romanesque (English), 12th Century

The artists of the Winchester Bible, with forty-four reproductions of details from their work, and an introduction by Walter Oakeshott

Commentary: Walter Oakeshott

London: Faber and Faber limited, 1945

ART:  N8023 .O2

 

Winchester, Cathedral Library

(Winchester Bible)

Romanesque (English), 12th Century

The Winchester Bible

Commentary: Claire Donovan

Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press

ART:  ND3355.5 .W55 D56 1993

 

Winchester, Cathedral Library
(Winchester Bible)
Romanesque (English), 12th Century
The Winchester Bible at Winchester Cathedral
London: World Microfilms; New York: Clearwater Publishing, 1983
DAVIS MICROFORMS COLL. MICROFILM: 1-2921

 

Winchester, Cathedral Library and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MSS. Auct. E. inf. 1-2
(Winchester Bible and Winchester Bible 'Second')
Romanesque (English), 12th Century
The Two Winchester Bibles
Commentary: Walter Oakeshott
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981
ART CAGE OVERSIZE: ND3356.5 .W56 026

 

 

 

 

VARIOUS - BYZANTINE

(Illuminated Miniatures from the Book of Job)

Byzantine, 9th-14th Centuries

Hiob: Dulder oder Rebell Byzantinische Miniaturen zum Buch Hiob in Patmos, Rom, Venedig, Sinai, Jerusalem und Athos

Commentary: Paul Huber

Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlag, 1986

ART:  ND3358 .J6 H83 1986

 

VARIOUS - BYZANTINE

Byzantine, 6th-13th Centuries

Bild und Botschaft: Byzantinische Miniaturen zum Alten und Neuen Testament

Commentary: Paul Huber

Freiburg im Breisgau: Atlantis, 1973

ART:  ND2930 .H82

 

VARIOUS - ENGLISH

English, 8th-17th Centuries

Studies in English Bible Illustration (vol. 1)

Commentary: George Henderson

London: The Pindar Press, 1985

ART:  ND3355 .H4 1985 v.1

 

VARIOUS - HEBREW

Hebrew (Western European), 13th-15th Centuries

The Hebrew Bible: In Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Commentary: Gabrielle Sed-Rajna

New York: Rizzoli, 1987

ART OVERSIZE:  ND2935 .S3913 1987

 

VARIOUS - MORALIZED BIBLES

French, 13th-15th Centuries

The Making of the Bibles Moralisées

Commentary: John Lowden

University Park, PA:  University of Pennslyviania Press, 2000

ART:  (check online catalog)

 

VARIOUS - ROMANESQUE

Romanesque (Western European), 11th-13th Centuries

Romanesque Bible Illumination

Commentary: Walter Cahn

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982

ART:  ND3356 .C33 1982

 

 

VARIOUS

Western European and Byzantine, 5th-9th Centuries

Imaging the Early Medieval Bible

Commentary: John Lowden, Katrin Kogman-Appel, Dorothy Hoogland Verkerk, Lawrence Nees, John Williams

University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999

ART:  ND3355 .I55 1999

 

VARIOUS

Western European, 10th-15th Centuries

La Genesi: Capitoli 1-11

Commentary: Gianfranco Ravasi, Maria Grazia Ciardi Duprè and Massimo Bernabò

Turin; London: Umberto Allemandi, 1998

ART:  ND3358 .G4 G46 1998

 

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