GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Single leaf from a LARGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LECTIONARY ON VELLUM [Southern Germany, Augsburg? ca. 1450] 382 x 250 mm. Another leaf from the same manuscript as above. Four large illuminated initials 'I', with full-length extensions along one side of the page and ascender in centre of burnished gold, terminating in dense coloured and gold foliage in upper and lower margins. On verso, readings for ' De corpore x.f. Iohannem ' and ' Secundum Matheum '. Four-line initial in gold, blue and pink on recto. A MOST SUMPTUOUS DECORATIVE LEAF.
GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Single leaf from a LARGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LECTIONARY ON VELLUM [Southern Germany, Augsburg? ca. 1450] 382 x 250 mm. Another leaf from the same manuscript as above. Four large illuminated initials 'I', with full-length extensions along one side of the page and ascender in centre of burnished gold, terminating in dense coloured and gold foliage in upper and lower margins. On verso, readings for ' De corpore x.f. Iohannem ' and ' Secundum Matheum '. Four-line initial in gold, blue and pink on recto. A MOST SUMPTUOUS DECORATIVE LEAF.
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