SOLD - Parisian Illuminator, King Solomon Instructing a Knight, France, Paris, circa 1250-1275

Written By Keegan Goepfert

Parisian Illuminator (Vie de Saint Denis workshop?)

King Solomon Instructing a Knight

Written in Latin, an illuminated leaf from the Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Bible, containing the prologue and the opening of the Book of Wisdom (Sapientia Salomonis), with text from chapters 1 to 3: Diligite iustitiam qui iudicatis terram.

Overall dimensions: 211 × 154 mm

Historiated initial “D”: 26 × 26 mm

France, Paris, circa 1250–1275

Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment

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