*vellum *codex *folio *illuminated manuscripts *personification *continuous narration
-Lively, softly modeled -Classic training= contrapposto, foreshortening, shadowing, perspective -Fluid movement -Richly colored and shaded -Two rows of people are linked by a bridge -Text is above illustrations
--First surviving illustrations of the stories from Genesis -Genesis stories are done in continuous narrative with genre details. -Written in Greek Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well -Genesis 24:15-61 -Rebecca, shown twice, emerges from the city of Nahor with a jar on her shoulder to go down to the spring -Roman water goddess personifies the spring. Jacob Wrestling the Angel -Genesis 32: 22-31 -Jacob takes his two wives, two maids, and eleven children and crosses a river -At night Jacob wrestles an angel -Classical influence in the Roman-designed bridge, but medieval influence in the bridge’s perspective.
-A luxury item intended for display, or it may have provided a synopsis of exciting stories from scripture to be read for edification or diversion by a wealthy Christian.
Context
--Manuscript painted on vellum. -Written in silver script, now oxidized and turned black. -Origin uncertain