Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P: St. Paul with a Sword and a Book
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
Dimensions
18.5 × 13.2 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection
Accession Number
2011.53
Tags
male
About this artwork
Circle of William de Brailes (England, Oxford) Single Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P: St. Paul Holding a Sword and a Book and Initial M: A Jew Discoursing with a King, about 1230-40 Ink, tempera, and gold on vellum The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection [Cat. no. 4] Few English illuminators are actually known by name. William de Brailes has been identified from documents that refer to his presence in Oxford. Moreover, his signature appears on one of seven detached psalter leaves now divided b...