Beschreibung:

Collection of leaves from medieval manuscripts, in Latin, on parchment [Germany, c. 1200 to fourteenth century]To view a video of this lot, click here.Six leaves (3 bifolia): (i) bifolium from an early Lectionary, slight losses at top of leaves removing a line or so there, otherwise double column of 21 lines in a distinctively tall and elegant script, with some biting curves and pronounced lateral compression, but retaining an st-ligature, pale red rubrics, simple red initials, 295 by 240mm., Germany, c. 1200; bifolium from a homilary, with parts of St Leo the Great, Sermo II, and St. Maximus of Turin (d. early fifth century), Homily 25, double column of 32 lines in a squat and angular hand, capitals in jagged penstrokes and touched in red, each leaf 340 by 310mm., Germany (perhaps Rhineland), late thirteenth century; (iii) bifolium from a Missal, double column of 31 lines, red rubrics, red and pale green initials, each leaf 277 by 210mm., Germany, fourteenth century; all recovered from bindings and hence with stains, scuffing and small areas of loss