Haimo of Auxerre, Expositio in epistolas Pauli, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum 193 leaves, 278mm. by 105mm., complete, collation: i9 (i a singleton), ii-xxiv8, foliated in roman numerals throughout 'ii-clxxxx' (omitting first and last two leaves; fols.107/110 and 108/109 transposed in modern binding; but followed here), vertical catchwords in cursive script, written space 178mm. by 130mm., double column, 34 lines in black ink in an excellent lettre bâtarde, capitals touched in yellow, running titles, chapter numbers and marginal references in red, numerous small initials in alternate red and blue, ten large illuminated initials, 5 to 9- lines in height, in blue or red overlaid with liquid gold or silver penwork, infilled with foliage and flowers in liquid gold or silver, all on contrasting blue or red grounds with gold or silver penwork (fols.1v, 21v, 45v, 68v, 77v, 81r, 92r, 100r, 102v and 108v), eleven very large illuminated initials, 10 lines in height, in blue or dark-pink overlaid with white penwork in geometric designs, infilled with sprays of foliage in blue and white terminating in orange and brown ivy leaves, all on burnished gold grounds (1r, 21r, 45v, 60v, 68v, 77v, 81r, 92r, 100r, 102v and 107v; that on 60v somewhat rubbed), large two-compartment miniature on fol.1r, half-page in height, enclosing on the left St. Paul enthroned in a gothic room (with "S.POL" written at his feet), holding a sword and handing his epistle (in the form of a medieval document with suspended seal) to a messenger, and on the right the Galatian court within a similar gothic room ("GALATHIENS" inscribed over the scene, and "LEX JUIF" below), as the same messenger hands a member of the court the letter while deferentially doffing his hat, both compartments within an elaborate architectural frame in gold paint, with brown paint used to pick out carvings, and coloured gems painted on to the columns, full border decoration of acanthus leaves, sprays of coloured foliage and ivy leaves in burnished gold, enclosing in bas de page the arms of Jean Budé (see below), some slight cockling and a few skilled repairs to tiny holes in the last few leaves, else in outstanding condition with wide and clean margins on high-quality vellum, red morocco, gilt-tooled, attributed to Bozerian, in a fitted red slipcase with gilt tooled spine
Haimo of Auxerre, Expositio in epistolas Pauli, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum 193 leaves, 278mm. by 105mm., complete, collation: i9 (i a singleton), ii-xxiv8, foliated in roman numerals throughout 'ii-clxxxx' (omitting first and last two leaves; fols.107/110 and 108/109 transposed in modern binding; but followed here), vertical catchwords in cursive script, written space 178mm. by 130mm., double column, 34 lines in black ink in an excellent lettre bâtarde, capitals touched in yellow, running titles, chapter numbers and marginal references in red, numerous small initials in alternate red and blue, ten large illuminated initials, 5 to 9- lines in height, in blue or red overlaid with liquid gold or silver penwork, infilled with foliage and flowers in liquid gold or silver, all on contrasting blue or red grounds with gold or silver penwork (fols.1v, 21v, 45v, 68v, 77v, 81r, 92r, 100r, 102v and 108v), eleven very large illuminated initials, 10 lines in height, in blue or dark-pink overlaid with white penwork in geometric designs, infilled with sprays of foliage in blue and white terminating in orange and brown ivy leaves, all on burnished gold grounds (1r, 21r, 45v, 60v, 68v, 77v, 81r, 92r, 100r, 102v and 107v; that on 60v somewhat rubbed), large two-compartment miniature on fol.1r, half-page in height, enclosing on the left St. Paul enthroned in a gothic room (with "S.POL" written at his feet), holding a sword and handing his epistle (in the form of a medieval document with suspended seal) to a messenger, and on the right the Galatian court within a similar gothic room ("GALATHIENS" inscribed over the scene, and "LEX JUIF" below), as the same messenger hands a member of the court the letter while deferentially doffing his hat, both compartments within an elaborate architectural frame in gold paint, with brown paint used to pick out carvings, and coloured gems painted on to the columns, full border decoration of acanthus leaves, sprays of coloured foliage and ivy leaves in burnished gold, enclosing in bas de page the arms of Jean Budé (see below), some slight cockling and a few skilled repairs to tiny holes in the last few leaves, else in outstanding condition with wide and clean margins on high-quality vellum, red morocco, gilt-tooled, attributed to Bozerian, in a fitted red slipcase with gilt tooled spine
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