Leaf from a large Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Bologna), second half of thirteenth century] Single leaf, with double column of 47 lines in a rounded Italian university script (with Third Epistle of John, the Argument to Jude, the whole of the General Epistle of Jude, the Prologue and Argument to Revelation and the Revelation of St John the Divine 1-2), capitals touched in red, red rubrics, versal numbers and remains of running titles in red or blue capitals, small initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork (this often extending entire length of margins, two large initials in fawn, red and grey acanthus leaf sprigs on blue grounds edged with white penwork, both with sprays of coloured foliage in margins, the larger with a red human face within the marginal decoration, upper margin lost perhaps from old heat damage, uppermost lines on both sides suffering flaking from ink as a consequence of this as well, with much of running titles missing, small spots and stains, else good condition, 304 by 225mm. Acquired from a private North American collector in 2005. Other leaves from the same parent manuscript were offered in Sotheby's, 25 April 1983, lot 30, from the Rosenbaum collection. A further clutch of leaves is in Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, with a further leaf in the University of South Carolina.
Leaf from a large Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Bologna), second half of thirteenth century] Single leaf, with double column of 47 lines in a rounded Italian university script (with Third Epistle of John, the Argument to Jude, the whole of the General Epistle of Jude, the Prologue and Argument to Revelation and the Revelation of St John the Divine 1-2), capitals touched in red, red rubrics, versal numbers and remains of running titles in red or blue capitals, small initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork (this often extending entire length of margins, two large initials in fawn, red and grey acanthus leaf sprigs on blue grounds edged with white penwork, both with sprays of coloured foliage in margins, the larger with a red human face within the marginal decoration, upper margin lost perhaps from old heat damage, uppermost lines on both sides suffering flaking from ink as a consequence of this as well, with much of running titles missing, small spots and stains, else good condition, 304 by 225mm. Acquired from a private North American collector in 2005. Other leaves from the same parent manuscript were offered in Sotheby's, 25 April 1983, lot 30, from the Rosenbaum collection. A further clutch of leaves is in Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, with a further leaf in the University of South Carolina.
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