Bible with Ancient Binding
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Artwork Details
- Title: Bible with Ancient Binding
- Date: 822–914; binding: 7th–8th century
- Culture: Coptic (Fayyum Oasis, Egypt)
- Medium: Ink on vellum and papyrus; leather binding
- Dimensions: 15 1/4 × 11 15/16 in. (387 × 303 mm) (manuscript)
15 1/16 × 11 5/8 × 11/16 in. (38.2 × 29.5 × 1.8 cm) (binding)
Display cradle: 14 x 21 1/4 14
Display easel (binding): 13 x 11 3/8 x 8 - Classification: Manuscripts
- Credit Line: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
- Rights and Reproduction: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters