GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Single leaf from a LARGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LECTIONARY ON VELLUM [Southern Germany, Augsburg? ca. 1450] 385 x 255 mm. From the same manuscript as above. Two large illuminated initials 'I', one in blue and gold, the other in pale blue, pink and gold, both with full-page bar ascenders in burnished gold and blue terminating at head and foot with spiky coloured and gold foliage along the entire width of the page. Text ' fferia ii. lucham ' and ' fferia iii matheum ' (on verso). On recto large illuminated initial 'I' inhabited by two strange animals, on blue and gold ground, with full-length bar ascender terminating in coloured and gold foliage. Text ' Dominica iii. secundum lucham '. A MOST SUMPTUOUS DOUBLE-SIDED DECORATIVE LEAF.
GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Single leaf from a LARGE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LECTIONARY ON VELLUM [Southern Germany, Augsburg? ca. 1450] 385 x 255 mm. From the same manuscript as above. Two large illuminated initials 'I', one in blue and gold, the other in pale blue, pink and gold, both with full-page bar ascenders in burnished gold and blue terminating at head and foot with spiky coloured and gold foliage along the entire width of the page. Text ' fferia ii. lucham ' and ' fferia iii matheum ' (on verso). On recto large illuminated initial 'I' inhabited by two strange animals, on blue and gold ground, with full-length bar ascender terminating in coloured and gold foliage. Text ' Dominica iii. secundum lucham '. A MOST SUMPTUOUS DOUBLE-SIDED DECORATIVE LEAF.
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