Manuscript Illumination with Initial V, from a Bible, ca. 1175–95, Made in Burgundy, France, French, Tempera on parchment, Overall: 10 13/16 x 6in. (27.5 x 15.2cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, This initial comes from a five-volume Bible, imposing in size and vigorously decorated, that belonged to the Cistercian abbey of Pontigny. In the twelfth century this monastery in the diocese of Sens was a scholar's haven and a place of refuge for Thomas Becket before his martyrdom
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Manuscript Illumination, Initial V, Bible, ca, 1175–95, Burgundy, France, French, Tempera, parchment, Overall, 10 13/16 x 6in, 27.5 15.2cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, initial, comes, five-volume Bible, imposing, size, vigorously decorated, Cistercian abbey, Pontigny, twelfth century, monastery, diocese, Sens, scholar, haven, place, refuge, Thomas Becket, martyrdom
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