The texts and illustrations of the old testament of León Bible of 960

• Autores: Mieko Kezuka
• Localización: Estudios de arte español y latinoamericano, Nº. 12, 2011, págs. 1-18
• Idioma: varios idiomas
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• Resumen

  • The León Bible of 960, Codex biblicus legionensis (Archivo Capitular de la Real Colegiata de San Isidoro de León, Cod. 2), contains nearly 100 pictures. Most of these, 92 narrative pictures, belong to the Old Testament. Its rich pictorial cycle is certainly one of the most significant bible illustrations not only in Spain but also in Medieval Europe. However, in previous studies, the narrative pictures have not been thoroughly investigated. The close relationship between the biblical text and their illustrations has already been pointed out (Williams, 1962), however, the main questionnaire; wich subject should have been selected to be illustrated, its left to be concerned.

    In this article, I ascertain the links between the text and illustrations cyclopaedically. This basic research determines the texts which reflect the illustrations and replacement.

    Consequently, it was found that 81 pictures, that is, nearly 90% of the illustrations do follow the text, placed immediately prior to the drawing. They are placed so close together that the narrative scenes seem to attempt to depict by using both text and pictures. For instance, the illustrations follows the text “dixit…”, and the conversation begins immediately after the illustration, in which people are shown talking to each other. The text have often been shortened to put their illustration closer to them. This article is a foundation for my research on the León Bible of 960.