Almost eight centuries after it was crafted in a workshop in Salisbury, the Sarum Master Bible, a vividly illustrated medieval manuscript, has returned home and will go on display at the city’s cathedral this month.
Sarum Master Bible goes on display at cathedral later this month after being in private hands for almost 800 years.
“In some of these manuscripts,” Dutton said, “including our Bible, it is clear that the Sarum master is working with several assistants.
Dutton said the Sarum master was one of the greatest artists of the time, a manuscript illuminator working in the 1240s and 1250s with between five and seven surviving manuscripts attributed to them.
Anne Dutton, Salisbury Cathedral librarian, said the book was of great artistic value with huge significance to Salisbury.
