Purdue ID Number	mmsi4
Title	Passage from the Book of Ecclesiastes
Other Title	Bible. O.T. Ecclesiastes. Latin
Description	This large leaf comes from a Bible produced by monks of the famous Winchester School of illumination. The Latin text, which derives from the Book of Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament, is arranged in two vertical columns, written in brown ink.
Description Continued	The illuminator has skillfully matched the colors of the large foliate initial "O" on the right with the color of the ink. The initial is painted in gold leaf and set within a blue and brown, framed panel. A bird, drawn in white outlines, stands inside the initial; floral ornament fills the rest of the panel. From the initial there extend two long, leafy vines. This type of spreading plant ornament is characteristic of many Gothic initials. Beginning with the "O, " the text reads as follows: "A great anxiety has God allotted, and a heavy yoke, to the sons of men; from the day one leaves his mother's womb to the day he returns to the mother of all living, his thoughts, the fear in his heart, and his troubled forebodings till the day he dies - whether he sits on a lofty throne or gravels in dust an ashes, whether he bears a splended crown or is wrapped in the coarsest of cloaks..."
Date of Original	1360
Subjects	Illuminations Bible
Extent of Original	2 p. ; 45 cm.
Type	text
Format	JP2
Repository	Copyright: Purdue University Libraries, All rights reserved
Orientation	Portrait
Language	lat
Collection	Medieval Manuscripts
Rights	Copyright: Purdue University Libraries, All rights reserved
Date Digitized	7/24/2006
Capture Device	Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner
Capture Details	Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft
Resolution	600 ppi
Color Depth	24 bit
Color Management	Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target
URI	ark:/34231/c6g44n68

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