Leaf from a lectionary, with readings for the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy, mid-twelfth century] Single leaf, with double column of 34 lines in a notably good and crisp early gothic bookhand, without biting curves but retaining some earlier letterforms in capitals from Carolingian and Romanesque forms, red rubric and 2-line initial, one 7-line initial in red penwork outline terminating at foot in a sprig of acanthus leaves, some small corrections by a near-contemporary hand, grain pattern of parchment noticeable in places, one small area of washing out of ink in centre of top of leaf (affecting only a few words in uppermost three lines), trimmed at top with two triangles of blank border removed and a cut made down to the top ruling line, a few tiny holes, reverse with some discolouration and later scrawls, overall fair and presentable condition and on heavy Romanesque parchment, 358 by 235mm.
Leaf from a lectionary, with readings for the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy, mid-twelfth century] Single leaf, with double column of 34 lines in a notably good and crisp early gothic bookhand, without biting curves but retaining some earlier letterforms in capitals from Carolingian and Romanesque forms, red rubric and 2-line initial, one 7-line initial in red penwork outline terminating at foot in a sprig of acanthus leaves, some small corrections by a near-contemporary hand, grain pattern of parchment noticeable in places, one small area of washing out of ink in centre of top of leaf (affecting only a few words in uppermost three lines), trimmed at top with two triangles of blank border removed and a cut made down to the top ruling line, a few tiny holes, reverse with some discolouration and later scrawls, overall fair and presentable condition and on heavy Romanesque parchment, 358 by 235mm.
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