Leaf from a Sacramentary or Ritual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [probably France or Rhineland, tenth century] Single leaf, with single column of 33 lines on recto (but only 29 on verso) of a good and rounded late Carolingian minuscule, with strong 'st'-ligature and very occasional use of et-ligature integrally within words, rubrics mostly in ornamental red capitals, initials set off in margin in simple red, black penwork touched in green, plus one red with feathered ornamental penwork, and one in penwork design touched in pale yellow wash with feathered ascender, recovered from reuse as a pastedown in a later binding, and with tears to edges (without affect to text), small holes, folds, cockling and darkening to large part of reverse, overall fair and presentable condition, 300 by 225mm. Provenance: Purchased in European trade in 2016. Here the initial 'd' on the recto and 'V' on the verso, with their penwork compartments touched in yellow wash and feathered ascenders, descend from the style of illustration found first in northern European books such as the Gellasian Sacramentary (produced c. 790 in Meaux or Cambrai; see Trésors carolingians, 2007, no. 7), and then made popular across Europe by the dissemination of the Tours Bibles.
Leaf from a Sacramentary or Ritual, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [probably France or Rhineland, tenth century] Single leaf, with single column of 33 lines on recto (but only 29 on verso) of a good and rounded late Carolingian minuscule, with strong 'st'-ligature and very occasional use of et-ligature integrally within words, rubrics mostly in ornamental red capitals, initials set off in margin in simple red, black penwork touched in green, plus one red with feathered ornamental penwork, and one in penwork design touched in pale yellow wash with feathered ascender, recovered from reuse as a pastedown in a later binding, and with tears to edges (without affect to text), small holes, folds, cockling and darkening to large part of reverse, overall fair and presentable condition, 300 by 225mm. Provenance: Purchased in European trade in 2016. Here the initial 'd' on the recto and 'V' on the verso, with their penwork compartments touched in yellow wash and feathered ascenders, descend from the style of illustration found first in northern European books such as the Gellasian Sacramentary (produced c. 790 in Meaux or Cambrai; see Trésors carolingians, 2007, no. 7), and then made popular across Europe by the dissemination of the Tours Bibles.
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