Leaves from a Breviary and a Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscripts on vellum 23 leaves from two different manuscripts, (a) 10 leaves from a small Breviary, 170mm. by 116mm., double column, 29 lines, written-space 118mm. by 85mm., gothic script, text apparently of Carthusian Use, decorated and illuminated initials throughout, Spain (probably Castile, possibly Paular, near Segovia), first half of the fifteenth century, stitched; and (b) 13 leaves from a large Missal, 354mm. by 250mm., double column, 32 lines, written-space 230mm. by 167mm., fine script, 2-line initials throughout in red or blue with extensive (often full-length) penwork in purple or red, some loose, some partly stitched, Italy, second half of the fifteenth century
Leaves from a Breviary and a Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscripts on vellum 23 leaves from two different manuscripts, (a) 10 leaves from a small Breviary, 170mm. by 116mm., double column, 29 lines, written-space 118mm. by 85mm., gothic script, text apparently of Carthusian Use, decorated and illuminated initials throughout, Spain (probably Castile, possibly Paular, near Segovia), first half of the fifteenth century, stitched; and (b) 13 leaves from a large Missal, 354mm. by 250mm., double column, 32 lines, written-space 230mm. by 167mm., fine script, 2-line initials throughout in red or blue with extensive (often full-length) penwork in purple or red, some loose, some partly stitched, Italy, second half of the fifteenth century
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