Collection of leaves from liturgical codices, in Latin, manuscripts on parchment [twelfth to fifteenth century] 5 leaves, including: (i) large leaf from a late twelfth-century Lectionary, double column of 23 lines in 2 sizes of fine early gothic script, red rubrics, simple red and pale blue initials, largest initial with swirl of red penwork acanthus leaves at foot, 340 by 260mm., France (probably northern), late twelfth century; (ii) 4 leaves most probably from a single Lectionary manuscript, double column of 32 lines, red rubrics, initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, 2 with original folio numbers lxxii and lxxxiiii, one with remnants of a large initial (mostly gone through ink burn), each 360 by 265mm., Italy, late fourteenth or early fifteenth century; all recovered from account book bindings and hence with losses to edges, sections of text washed out and later scrawls, overall fair condition
Collection of leaves from liturgical codices, in Latin, manuscripts on parchment [twelfth to fifteenth century] 5 leaves, including: (i) large leaf from a late twelfth-century Lectionary, double column of 23 lines in 2 sizes of fine early gothic script, red rubrics, simple red and pale blue initials, largest initial with swirl of red penwork acanthus leaves at foot, 340 by 260mm., France (probably northern), late twelfth century; (ii) 4 leaves most probably from a single Lectionary manuscript, double column of 32 lines, red rubrics, initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, 2 with original folio numbers lxxii and lxxxiiii, one with remnants of a large initial (mostly gone through ink burn), each 360 by 265mm., Italy, late fourteenth or early fifteenth century; all recovered from account book bindings and hence with losses to edges, sections of text washed out and later scrawls, overall fair condition
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