Leaf from a Glossed Gospel of John, of great refinement and with numerous gold initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (most probably Paris), last quarter of twelfth century] Single large leaf, with single column of 23/25 lines of main text in a handsome and professional proto-gothic bookhand (with John 14:3-24), with occasional biting curves, that encased within 52 lines of glossing text in smaller version of same, other glosses added interlineally, references to Eusebian Canon tables added in small hand in margin, running titles in alternate red or blue capitals, one-line initials of gloss in red or blue with paragraph marks adjacent to them in margin and elaborate penwork in contrasting colour (often in both red and blue alternating for visual effect), occasional line fillers in coloured penwork in same place, one-line initials in main text entirely in gold, these with red and blue penwork within and extending from them into margins, reused on binding of an account book and so with folds, small areas of discolouration and scuffs, slight water stains at edges causing some cockling there, but overall in notably good condition, 463 by 328mm. Acquired from the European trade in 2014, with a statement that it had come from a collection in the commune of Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique).
Leaf from a Glossed Gospel of John, of great refinement and with numerous gold initials, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (most probably Paris), last quarter of twelfth century] Single large leaf, with single column of 23/25 lines of main text in a handsome and professional proto-gothic bookhand (with John 14:3-24), with occasional biting curves, that encased within 52 lines of glossing text in smaller version of same, other glosses added interlineally, references to Eusebian Canon tables added in small hand in margin, running titles in alternate red or blue capitals, one-line initials of gloss in red or blue with paragraph marks adjacent to them in margin and elaborate penwork in contrasting colour (often in both red and blue alternating for visual effect), occasional line fillers in coloured penwork in same place, one-line initials in main text entirely in gold, these with red and blue penwork within and extending from them into margins, reused on binding of an account book and so with folds, small areas of discolouration and scuffs, slight water stains at edges causing some cockling there, but overall in notably good condition, 463 by 328mm. Acquired from the European trade in 2014, with a statement that it had come from a collection in the commune of Ancenis (Loire-Atlantique).
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