Lot 73

Sermones Dominicales, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, late fourteenth century]

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Paper

96 leaves, 295mm. by 215mm., wanting a gathering or so from end (and thus since at least the late nineteenth century), else complete, collation: i^{16, ii^{18, iii-v^{16, vi^{14, double column, 39-43 lines in brown ink in a gothic cursive hand, spaces left for initials, first and last leaves discoloured, corners of first quire bumped, else good condition, modern red leather over pasteboards}}}}

Provenance

provenance

1. Written in Italy in the late fourteenth century.

2. F. Pacinora: his ex libris dated 1872 on first and last pages.

3. Bergendal MS.58; bought by Joseph Pope from Bernard Rosenthal in 1983: Bergendal catalogue no.58; Stoneman, 'Guide', p.189.

Catalogue Note

text

This is a impressive volume of sermons in a very large format, containing the sermons for the Sundays from Septuagesima to the Ascension.