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A PALAEOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION, 20 leaves, cuttings and fragments from liturgical and text manuscripts on vellum, including a c.900 leaf from Gregory the Great's Homilia in Evangelia, in Latin and Greek [central Europe, c.900 to 15th centuries] Comprising (all in Latin and from Germany except where noted otherwise): (1) GREGORY THE GREAT, a leaf from Homilia in Evangelia [c.900]. c.260 x 200mm. (2) A fragment of a bifolium from a Sermones [11th century]. c.80 x 305mm. (3) ISIDORE OF SEVILLE, a fragment from the Sentences [12th century]. 144 x 121mm. (4) HUGH OF ST VICTOR, two fragments of bifolia [first half 13th century]. c.175 x 220mm. (5) Two leaves from a glossed Decretals [France, 13th century]. c.390 x 260mm. (6) A fragment from a liturgical manuscript [early 13th century]. 154 x 200mm. (7) A leaf (cut in two fragments) from a Decretals [France, 13th century]. 322 x 261mm (the full leaf). (8) A leaf from a Breviary [13th century]. 220 x 160mm. (9) A bifolium from a Canon Law text [France, 13th century]. 424 x 310mm (the bifolium). (10) A fragment from a glossed medical manuscript [13th century]. 78 x 307mm. (11) GENEALOGY OF CHRIST, a leaf from a Gospel book [13th century]. 350 x 245mm. (12) A leaf from a Greek New Testament, in Greek [Greece or southern Italy, second half 13th century]. c.260 x 195mm. (13) A leaf from a Breviary [14th century]. 210 x 142mm. (14) A leaf from a Breviary [c.1400]. 153 x 118mm. (15) A leaf from a Missal [15th century]. 285 x 225mm. (16) Two leaves from liturgical manuscripts [15th century]. c.300 x 215mm. Almost all are recovered from bindings or have been used as flyleaves and pastedowns.