TEXT INCLUDING BENEDICTIONS FOR TREES

by A Very Early Vellum Manuscript Leaf From A.

$10,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Probably France or Rhineland: 10th century . Irregularly shaped, but approximately 298 x 225 mm. 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 . Single column, 33 lines on recto and 29 on verso in a neat Caroline minuscule. Rubrics in red, nine two-line initials in red and/or brown, one with a light yellow wash and feathered extender, one with feathered ascender. ◆Recovered from a binding, with the verso consequently somewhat soiled and with a vertical crease obscuring a

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