Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 188

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
(LITURGY, CATHOLIC.) [Breviarium Romanum, pars hiemalis.] manuscript in latin, written in gothic script in black, brown, and red ink, 29 lines, double columns, recto and verso, on vellum. with six-line initial f in colors on first page; few larger initials in blue with penwork decoration in red; and 2-line initials alternately in red and blue throughout. 159 (of ?) leaves. 185x140 mm, modern limp vellum with spine title in ink and thong ties; contents resewn with discreet reinforcement or restoration in blank gutters, soiling throughout, scattered stains, few holes in vellum avoided by scribe, some words or passages retraced in darker ink, occasional rubbing of text affecting legibility, 6 lines obliterated in outer column on recto of penultimate leaf; linen folding case. Italy, 14th century