Exodus and Easter vigil in the Ashburnham Pentateuch.

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: March 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

The Ashburnham Pentateuch (Paris, Bibl. Nat. MS nouv. acq. lat. 2334),(1) convincingly dated to the late sixth century,(2) occupies a pivotal place between Late antique and Carolingian illuminated manuscripts. Originally, there were sixty-nine illustrated folios distributed throughout the codex,(3) generally corresponding to their appropriate place in the text.(4) The surviving illustrated folios include a frontispiece and eighteen folios containing complex and densely illustrated Genesis and Exodus cycles. In addition, six folios have lists of chapter titles for Exodus, Numbers, ...

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