Metropolitan Museum Of Art

Holy Bible: the Bible of Borso D'Este

      . New Elegant new edition of the Holy Bible. Profusely illustrated from the magnificent Italian Renaissance Bible of Borso d'Este, it uses the prose from the King James translation. Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, commissioned his Bible in 1455. With more than one thousand illustrations, the border on each page is sumptuously decorated with lovely vermilion and blue rosettes, gold ornamentation, delicate butterflies, birds, deer, trumpet-blowing angels, fierce dragons, and charming miniature scenes in perfect harmony with the biblical stories. This exclusive Museum edition is housed in a custom contoured slipcase. 892 pages, more than 1, 000 color illustrations. 12 in. x 16 3/4 in. Hardcover, with slipcase.