TEXT FROM ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM'S HOMILY LXXI ON MATTHEW 22

by With A. Large White-Vine Initial An Illuminated Vellum

$12,500 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Austria Salzburg : second half of 12th century . 319 x 244 mm. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 . Single column, 27 lines, in a lovely proto-gothic hand. Rubrics in red, two one-line initials and one two-line initial in red, WITH A LARGE 140 mm. WHITE-VINE INITIAL INHABITED BY A BIRD, outlined in red and filled in with blue and green. Lower margin of recto with a 20th century note in red ink identifying the text. Recovered from a binding and thus with overall

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