Title: The Lord's Prayer Author: ** Place: No place Publisher: Date: 1899 Description: 24 leaves of calligraphic manuscript in various styles and colors. (Oblong folio) 24.5x36 cm. (9½x14") half red calf and cloth, spine gilt, all edges gilt. Illuminated manuscript based on an expanded version of the Lord's Prayer "found in Charleston, South Carolina during the [Civil] war". The lettering in a variety of Gothic styles by an amateur but skilled hand. Several of the leaves with annotations on the rear relating to the lettering (for example: "Small letters in preceding page are from Tomb & Chapel of Henry the Seventh, Westminster Abbey"). Initialed F.C.M. at close and dated August 21, 1899. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed, some spotting to leather; internally fine. Item number: 226170
Title: The Lord's Prayer Author: ** Place: No place Publisher: Date: 1899 Description: 24 leaves of calligraphic manuscript in various styles and colors. (Oblong folio) 24.5x36 cm. (9½x14") half red calf and cloth, spine gilt, all edges gilt. Illuminated manuscript based on an expanded version of the Lord's Prayer "found in Charleston, South Carolina during the [Civil] war". The lettering in a variety of Gothic styles by an amateur but skilled hand. Several of the leaves with annotations on the rear relating to the lettering (for example: "Small letters in preceding page are from Tomb & Chapel of Henry the Seventh, Westminster Abbey"). Initialed F.C.M. at close and dated August 21, 1899. Lot Amendments Condition: Extremities rubbed, some spotting to leather; internally fine. Item number: 226170
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