Live auction - Lot 623
[Fragments]
3 fragments of Latin medieval manuscripts. Good condition.
Hammer price: €
400
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
1. Vellum leaf (c. 21,5 x 17 cm), written in 2 col., rubricated in red and blue. From a 15th-c. (?) manuscript of the "Glossae Sacrae Scripturae", with i.a. glosses on Esther 14 and Job 39. - 2-3. Two cuttings from a very large liturgical music manuscript on vellum (15th or 16th c.), written in Gothic script: a. piece of c. 23,5 x 16,5 cm, with gilt border decoration on a blue-grey background, and with a large (7,5 x 6,5 cm) gilt green initial "S" on a pink-red background; b. piece of c. 22 x 12,5 cm, with gilt border decoration on a pink-red background, and with a large (7,5 x 7,2 cm) gilt initial "O" on a blue-grey background, incorporating a gilt chalice (initial rubbed).