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Jacobus de Voragine, Sermones quadragesimales, in Latin, decorated manuscript on paper and vellum [France, c.1400]
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- Vellum
87 leaves, 150mm. by 100mm., wanting a final gathering, else complete, collation: i-vii10, viii14, ix3 (first a singleton), outermost bifolia of first 4 gatherings on vellum, else paper, single column, 46-52 lines in brown ink in a small cursive hand, capitals touched in red, 2-line initials in red opening each sermon, slight cockling, small areas of discolouration, very slight worming in second half of volume, else good condition, modern red leather over pasteboards
Provenance
provenance
Bergendal MS.53; bought by Joseph Pope from Bernard Rosenthal in 1983: Bergendal catalogue no.53; Stoneman, 'Guide', pp.187-88.
Catalogue Note
text
This volume contains the Lenten sermons of Jacobus de Voragine (c.1230-98), archbishop of Genoa and the author-compiler of the celebrated Golden Legend. The texts here are recorded by Schneyer (Rep. der Lateinischen Sermones, III, no.196, p.238).