TEXT FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

by With An Historiated Romanesque Initial A Vellum Manuscript

$12,500 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Austria Salzburg : second half of 12th century . 321 x 218 mm. 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 . Single column, 27 lines, in a lovely proto-gothic hand, top two lines in red or black uncials. Rubrics and numbers in red, two one-line initials in red, with A LARGE 115 mm. IMAGE OF JOSEPH WEARING HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS, the body outlined in brown ink, and the coat outlined in red. Lower margin of recto with a 20th century note in red ink see below . Recovered

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