Description:
Medieval Manuscript Leaves. Ten leaves removed from western manuscripts in Latin: six on parchment from Bibles, prayerbooks, and other liturgical books, 12th-15th century, in varying hands, all with alternating red and blue initials, three of the six are large format, the other three are small.
One partial leaf from a French Lectionary, from the early 12th century, with readings from Timothy and Matthew.
[and] Two manuscript leaves on paper, one from the Sermones of Simon de Cremona (c. 1434),the other from a Latin manuscript on canon law produced in Britain (c. 1510). (10)
Estimate $300-500
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