THE LEAVES FROM A LECTIONARY IN LATIN, WITH TEXTS FROM JOHN AND EXODUS on one leaf and LUKE, LEVITICUS AND DANIEL on the other

by Offered Individually Two Large Medieval Vellum Manuscript Bifolia

$2,250 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Germany: Late 11th or early 12th century. . Largest bifolium measures 221 x 275 mm. 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 . Single column, 25-27 lines, in a late Caroline hand. Rubrics in orange, each bifolium with one or more one one-line initial in orange, and one or more large four- to five-line initials in orange. With marginal notations in a later hand. Recovered from a binding, and thus with some soiling, abrasions, glue residue, and other small problems; the pages

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