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Bifolium from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Ezekiel
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Bifolium from a Bible: Initial E[t factum est] with Ezekiel

c. 1290

ink, tempera, and gold on vellum
CC0 — Public Domain
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This bifolium was likely once part of a Carthusian Bible; the initials in the margin are part of a unique reading system used by Carthusian monks.

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