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Auction archive: Lot number 14

Leaf from a Glossed Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment[France (most probably Paris), thirteenth century]

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$512 - US$769
Price realised:
£480
ca. US$615
Auction archive: Lot number 14

Leaf from a Glossed Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment[France (most probably Paris), thirteenth century]

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$512 - US$769
Price realised:
£480
ca. US$615
Beschreibung:

Leaf from a Glossed Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France (most probably Paris), thirteenth century] Single large leaf, with main text in single column of 26 lines in a fine and professional early gothic hand (with parts of Zacharias 12 and 13), with gloss arranged on either side in columns or blocks inset within edges of text, further glosses interlineally, initials, paragraph marks and running titles in alternate red and blue, quire signature XII in drypoint and contemporary ink at foot of verso, natural flaw in upper margin with contemporary repair, some small spots and cockled areas at edges, else in excellent condition on fine and white parchment with clean margins, 345 by 245mm. Another leaf from the same parent codex appeared in Quaritch, cat. 1270, Bookhands of the Middle Ages VI (2000), no. 14 (end Habakkuk and opening of Zephaniah).

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Leaf from a Glossed Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [France (most probably Paris), thirteenth century] Single large leaf, with main text in single column of 26 lines in a fine and professional early gothic hand (with parts of Zacharias 12 and 13), with gloss arranged on either side in columns or blocks inset within edges of text, further glosses interlineally, initials, paragraph marks and running titles in alternate red and blue, quire signature XII in drypoint and contemporary ink at foot of verso, natural flaw in upper margin with contemporary repair, some small spots and cockled areas at edges, else in excellent condition on fine and white parchment with clean margins, 345 by 245mm. Another leaf from the same parent codex appeared in Quaritch, cat. 1270, Bookhands of the Middle Ages VI (2000), no. 14 (end Habakkuk and opening of Zephaniah).

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
4 Dec 2018
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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