Beschreibung:

Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, the history of the English, in Latin, in Carolingian minuscule, decorated manuscript on vellum [Germany, c.900] opening leaf of the text, 305mm. by 207mm., double column, 32 lines in brown ink in a fine Carolingian minuscule, 4 lines of capitals in red, large initial 'B' (opening "Britannia oceani insula ...") in penwork picking out delicate knotwork interlace and foliate sprigs, touched in red, yellow and pale blue/green, small near contemporary corrections, some small holes, scuffs and folds, trimmed at edges (with loss of a few letters from each line on outermost edge), hessian binding