Leaf from the St Albans Abbey Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (Paris), c. 1330] Single leaf, with double columns of 46 lines in a fine gothic bookhand (I Maccabees 13:43-14:46), capitals touched in yellow wash, versal numbers in alternate liquid gold and blue capitals with contrasting penwork, running titles in same, one 2-line initial in pink, heightened with white penwork, enclosing coloured foliage and on burnished gold grounds, extensions into margin forming a text border there of thin coloured and gold panels with sprays of foliage and single gold bezants, some spots and stains (especially at upper and inner extremities of leaf from old water-damage), else in good condition, 295 by 200mm. Acquired from American trade in 2019. From the same parent manuscript as the previous two lots.
Leaf from the St Albans Abbey Bible, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [northern France (Paris), c. 1330] Single leaf, with double columns of 46 lines in a fine gothic bookhand (I Maccabees 13:43-14:46), capitals touched in yellow wash, versal numbers in alternate liquid gold and blue capitals with contrasting penwork, running titles in same, one 2-line initial in pink, heightened with white penwork, enclosing coloured foliage and on burnished gold grounds, extensions into margin forming a text border there of thin coloured and gold panels with sprays of foliage and single gold bezants, some spots and stains (especially at upper and inner extremities of leaf from old water-damage), else in good condition, 295 by 200mm. Acquired from American trade in 2019. From the same parent manuscript as the previous two lots.
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