Beschreibung:

Collection of leaves from English decorated manuscripts, in Latin, on vellum 7 leaves from various manuscripts, (a) two text leaves from the Hungerford Hours, 165mm. by 106mm., 17 lines in dark brown ink in a fine Gothic bookhand, numerous 1-line initials in liquid gold and blue with purple or red penwork, and line-fillers in same, five large initials, 2- or 3-lines in height, in blue or pink with white penwork, enclosing coloured floral sprays, on contrasting blue or pink grounds edged in liquid gold, leafy extensions into borders forming text frames, slight water damage to edge of one leaf, else in excellent condition, East Anglia, perhaps Ely or Lincoln, c. 1330; (b) two text leaves from a Breviary, 119mm. by 89mm., 34 lines in black ink in a tiny but precise Gothic hand, rubrics in red, seventeen 2-line initials in blue or pink each enclosing a single coloured ivy-leaf, on liquid gold grounds, with liquid gold extensions up and down borders terminating in coloured foliage with liquid gold ivy-leaves and bezants, in excellent condition, East Anglia, late fourteenth century; (c) single leaf from a Psalter, 240mm. by 165mm., 20 lines in black ink in a fine Gothic hand, eighteen 1-line initials in alternate red and blue (one with an ascender extending 35mm. into bas-de-page), with line fillers in same, one 2-line initial in burnished gold with elaborate red and blue penwork infill and tracery, England, first half of the thirteenth century; (d) single leaf from a Gradual, 306mm. by 210mm., 13-16 lines in black ink in an accomplished early Gothic hand, with a number of 4-line red staves, rubrics in red, three 1-line initials in red, seven 3-line initials in red, green and blue with penwork and decoration to contrast, minor repair to lower left-hand corner, slight water-damage to two lines on verso, else in excellent condition, probably England, c. 1200; (e) single leaf from a large lectern bible, 450mm. by 305mm., double column, written space c.310 mm. by 200mm., ruled for 22 lines, written in brown ink in a large liturgical gothic bookhand, with running titles and chapter numbers at head of page in alternately red and blue letters, rubric in red, large illuminated initial 'I' height in burnished gold on blue and pink grounds with white penwork, terminating in leafy marginal extensions up and down margin, foliated '340' in a hand of eighteenth or early nineteenth century in pale red ink in upper right hand corner of recto, in outstanding condition, England (East Anglia, perhaps Cambridge), mid-fourteenth century; all in card mounts