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IM-11033: (150x100 mm). Original leaf from a medieval manuscript pocket Bible with illuminations from the Johannes Grusch Atelier. Red-ruled Latin gothic minuscule script written in brown ink on animal vellum. Rubricated chapter numbers, initials & marginalia in red & blue. 44 lines of text in double columns (12 lines per inch!).  Produced in Paris, c. 1240-50 A.D. 

Three two-line decorated initials illuminated alternately in blue with delicate red penwork and red with delicate blue penwork internally and extending along the margins.

This leaf contains Psalms 16 (King James 17) 7-15: "Mirifica..." (Show forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee...).  The  illuminated "D" begins Psalm 17 (KJ 18) complete: "Diligam..." (I will love thee, O Lord, my strength: The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer.  My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust...).  The illuminated "C" begins Psalm 18 (KJ 19) complete: "Celi..." (The heavens show for the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of his hands...).  The illuminated "E" begins Psalm 19 (KJ 20) 1-9: "Exaudiat..." (May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation...).

The book from which this leaf came was a very high-quality production, scribed in the Johannes Grusch Workshop in Paris. Other leaves from this same book were exhibited in the Jeanne Blackburn Collection at the Cleveland Art Museum (pl. 7 & 8).