Title
Medallion from the Border of a Latin Bible: The Sixth Day of Creation, early 1300s. Creator: Primo Miniatore di San Domenico (Italian).
Caption
Medallion from the Border of a Latin Bible: The Sixth Day of Creation, early 1300s. As revealed by their subjects and blank versos (reverse sides), these medallions were undoubtedly excised from a Genesis page in a large lectern Bible. Typically, such medallions would have appeared in conjunction with a large-scale historiated initial I running the full length of the text and introducing the book of Genesis: In principio creativit Deus caelum et terram (In the beginning God created heaven and earth). Such schemes of page layout and decoration were common features of Bibles produced in Bolognese workshops and destined for wealthy religious institutions of the Emilian region, for which Bologna was the artistic and intellectual center.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19F93_274
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