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IM-9281: (185x135mm) Original leaf from an English manuscript pocket Bible. From a Bible illuminated at the workshop of William de Brailes - one of the few 13^th century English illuminators known by name! (De Brailes maintained an active workshop at Oxford c. 1238-52. He was illuminator of the Oxford Bible). Written with brown ink in Latin gothic script on animal vellum. Rubricated chapter numbers, initials & marginalia in red & blue. 54 lines of text in double columns (10 lines per inch!). For sister leaf see Blackburn Collection, Cleveland Museum of Art, pl. 4.  Produced in Oxford, c. 1240 A.D.

This leaf contains Matthew 5:43 – 8:16: “Audistis...” (You have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thy enemy. But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you...Therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...No man can serve two masters...Judge not, that you may not be judged...Ask and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you...Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are raving wolves...Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed......)

The front (recto) contains a scribal omission added in the bottom margin – these omissions are surrounded by a blue box indicating that the “transcription had been systematically checked for accuracy” (De Hamel, Scribes and Illuminators, p. 43).