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De Brailes or Not De Brailes? A 13th-Century Illuminated Bible at New College
Issue number
(2026): 25
Notes category
New College Library’s MS 7 is one of three large 13th-century pandect Bibles held by the library. There are notable similarities in style and features between this manuscript and a large number of manuscripts that came from the famous workshop of William de Brailes.
Initial A, showing Judith beheading Holofernes
New College Library, Oxford, MS 7, f. 124v [detail]