# Winchester Bible

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-english-r118f7fac040882/winchester-bible-r2aaec371f5893f>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MINIATURIST, English](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-english-r118f7fac040882>)
- Date: 1151-1200
- Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. 17\)

## Commentary

The great Winchester Bible was written and illuminated by a team of artists at Winchester Cathedral between about 1160 and about 1175. The opening of the book of Hosea \(folio 198r\) shows the prophet preaching to the Israelites and confounding the Devil.

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- [Bestiary and Lapidary \(&#39;the Rochester Bestiary&#39;\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/miniaturist-english-r118f7fac040882/bestiary-and-lapidary-the-rochester-bestiary-rcf8abd68f4eeae>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)