Verba is the Word
I’m not sure what astonishes me more, the color palette, the unusual blend of motifs, or perhaps the casual stylistic insouciance in …
Babilonia
Glossarium Salomonis Source: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek – Clm 13002, fol. 3v.
It says so right here
The first volume of a Vulgate in two parts, containing the Book of Genesis to the Book of Job Source: www.bl.uk via …
I flood my bed with tears
“I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.” Psalm …
Power to crush his head
Dernière partie de cet ouvrage. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 15675, fol. 52v.
Monarch balancing the affairs of the state
Cartulaire de l’abbaye de Vierzon (dioc. de Bourges). Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9865, p. 6.
Mandorla
1.° Martyrologium Usuardi : plurima folia loco suo mota sunt. — 2.° Isimberti, Abbatis sancti Martialis, littera, aliàs, redditus sive conquesta facta …
Ezekiel: good taste in books
Bible. Bible. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 16744, fol. 81r.
Composing John
Evangelia. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 276, fol. 89r.
Sidebar sketch
Odo Astensis , Expositio in Psalmos Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 2508, fol. 31v.
Moses off-balance
Deuteronomium cum glossa ordinaria. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 186, fol. 1r.
Crucifixion
Lectionarium officii ad usum Sancti Petri Cluniacensis, dit Lectionnaire de Cluny. Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, NAL 2246, …
Locutusque est
Bible latine complète, avec les prologues de saint Jérôme Source: gallica.bnf.fr Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-4, fol. 33v. First verse of Numbers.