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  Ashburnham Pentateuch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
2334) is a medieval Spanish manuscript of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament).
It is dated to the late sixth century and is the oldest surviving illuminated Spanish manuscript.
It is also known as the Tours Pentateuch.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Ashburnham_Pentateuch.html   (171 words)

  
 Ashburnham Pentateuch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Folio 6r of the Ashburnham Pentateuch contains the story of Cain and Abel.
2334, also known as the Tours Pentateuch) is a late 6th or early 7th century illuminated manuscript of the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament).
The manuscript was at the National Library at Tours before being stolen in 1842 and sold to Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham in 1847.
www.tocatch.info /en/Ashburnham_Pentateuch.htm   (255 words)

  
 Pentateuch - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
PENTATEUCH [Pentateuch] [Gr.,=five books], first five books of the Old Testament.
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Early Medieval Bible Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch.(Book Review)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Pentateu.asp   (187 words)

  
 Illuminated Mss - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
That a debased classical style of drawing was employed in the earlier centuries of the middle ages we cannot doubt.
as the Ashburnham Genesis of the 7th century, which contains pictures of a somewhat rude character but based apparently upon a recollection of the classical drawing of earlier times, and which appears to be of Italian origin, serves as a link, however slight.
The Ambrosian Homer, by A. Ceriani; the Schedae Vaticanae and the Codex Romanus of Virgil, by the Vatican Library; the Vienna Dioscorides, in the Leiden series of facsimiles; the Vienna Genesis, by Hartel and Wickhoff; the Greek Gospels of Rossano, by A. Haseloff; the Ashburnham Pentateuch, by B. von Gebhart; the Utrecht Psalter,.
18.1911encyclopedia.org /I/IL/ILLUMINATED_MSS_.htm   (9281 words)

  
 Hourihane, C., ed.: Image and Belief: Studies in Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of the Index of Christian Art.
To mark its eightieth anniversary, seventeen scholars contributed papers to this volume, which focuses on the Index's twin strengths: iconography and methodology.
From the heterogeneous imagery of the Crusaders to the repellent iconography of social rejection, from the significance of gruesome torture scenes to the moral precepts that shaped the enigmatic Ashburnham Pentateuch, the studies in the first part of Image and Belief provide stimulating examples of recent research in iconography.
With the growing application of computer databases and the Internet to the field of art history, the process of describing and classifying the subjects of art has become even more important and controversial.
pup.princeton.edu /titles/6714.html   (352 words)

  
 Book of Exodus | Old Testament | Exodus and Revolution | Questia.com Online Library
The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies (Chap.
The Pentateuch in the Twentieth Century: The Legacy of Julius Wellhausen » Read Now
...This book arises from the conviction that much in current research on the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) needs to be subjected to rigorous scrutiny...
www.questia.com /library/religion/christianity/the-bible/book-of-exodus.jsp   (414 words)

  
 John W. Williams, ed.: Imaging the Early Medieval Bible
Katrin Kogman-Appel provides a thorough survey of the debate over how Jewish motifs entered Christian art.
In her discussion of Roman manuscript art, Dorothy Verkerk proposes that the celebrated Ashburnham Pentateuch, rather than the hypothetical Leo Bible proffered by Koehler, should be taken as a witness to the capital's approach to Bible illustration and the kind of model sent to the monastic scriptoria north of the Alps.
Lawrence Nees presents the northern Bibles, Insular and Carolingian, as individual commissions for specific donors made at certain specific moments in time.
www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-01768-6.html   (336 words)

  
 Eliodoro ceiling part 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Most western images showed him turning his head aside or as speechlessly surprised.
The only precendents for the face-hiding motif are, in fact, found in manuscript images, for example, the Ashburnham Pentateuch (British Library MS.
Cotton) But another source for Moses' face-covering gesture--and one more likely to have been seen by Raphael--could have been provided by an actual Jewish prayer, the Sh'mah.
bubba.uccs.edu /eliodoro/elio2.html   (2699 words)

  
 Iconofile: Image and Belief
ALISON STONES Nipples, Entrails, Severed Heads, and Skin: Devotional Images for Madame Marie 47
DOROTHY HOOGLAND VERKERK Moral Structure in the Ashburnharn Pentateuch 71
ADELAIDE BENNETT A Woman's Power of Prayer versus the Devil in a Book of Hours of ca.
www.iconofile.com /detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=150:069101003X   (654 words)

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