WITH TEXT FROM MASSES FOR SAINTS' DAYS IN AUGUST

by With A. Large Romanesque Initial An Early Vellum

$9,500 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Germany: mid- to late 12th century . 290 x 217 mm. 11 3/8 x 8 1/2 . Single column, 21 lines in an attractive proto-gothic book hand. Rubrics in red, several one-line initials in red, five red initials measuring two to four lines long and with penwork embellishment, A LOVELY SEVEN-LINE WHITE-VINE INITIAL outlined in red and with a pale yellow wash along the edge, the lower half of the ground filled with green wash. Lower margins with notations in later

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