Teaching collection of fragments of medieval manuscripts, mostly in Latin with one strip in German, on parchment [twelfth to sixteenth century]30 fragments and cuttings, predominantly from liturgical and legal manuscripts, demonstrating a variety of scripts, with one small scrap of the twelfth century, 20 of the thirteenth century (including a fine example of extremely tiny university script and the border of a large leaf with the edge of a legal commentary with striking red and blue initials), 5 of the fourteenth century, 3 of the fifteenth century, and 2 of the sixteenth century, the largest 335 by 62, the smallest 45 by 30mm.; one stitched to a mounting card, all others loose and with damage concomitant with reuse on later bindings
Teaching collection of fragments of medieval manuscripts, mostly in Latin with one strip in German, on parchment [twelfth to sixteenth century]30 fragments and cuttings, predominantly from liturgical and legal manuscripts, demonstrating a variety of scripts, with one small scrap of the twelfth century, 20 of the thirteenth century (including a fine example of extremely tiny university script and the border of a large leaf with the edge of a legal commentary with striking red and blue initials), 5 of the fourteenth century, 3 of the fifteenth century, and 2 of the sixteenth century, the largest 335 by 62, the smallest 45 by 30mm.; one stitched to a mounting card, all others loose and with damage concomitant with reuse on later bindings
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