Leaf from a Missal, with a charming decorated initial, in Latin,
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Leaf from a Missal, with a charming decorated initial, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Low Countries, fourteenth century]
Single leaf, with double column of 39 lines in an angular gothic bookhand, capitals touched in red, rubrics and paragraph marks in dark red, initials in alternate dark red and blue, one large initial 'D' (De ventre matris mee ...) in dark blue with paired 's'-shaped swirls and flowers left in blank parchment, enclosing a blank parchment flowerhead on dark green grounds, and enclosed with red foliate penwork, scrolling red penwork enclosing green dots filling the entire inner margin, original folio no. 'xl', some stains, small cockled areas, scuffs to text in first column on recto, torn inner vertical edge, overall good condition, 290 by 215mm.
Single leaf, with double column of 39 lines in an angular gothic bookhand, capitals touched in red, rubrics and paragraph marks in dark red, initials in alternate dark red and blue, one large initial 'D' (De ventre matris mee ...) in dark blue with paired 's'-shaped swirls and flowers left in blank parchment, enclosing a blank parchment flowerhead on dark green grounds, and enclosed with red foliate penwork, scrolling red penwork enclosing green dots filling the entire inner margin, original folio no. 'xl', some stains, small cockled areas, scuffs to text in first column on recto, torn inner vertical edge, overall good condition, 290 by 215mm.
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Leaf from a Missal, with a charming decorated initial, in Latin,
Estimate £300 - £500
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