Peter Lombard, Magna Glossatura in Epistolas Pauli, the letters of St. Paul, glossed, in Latin, leaves from a decorated manuscript on vellum [northern France (probably Paris), c.1220]

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Description

Vellum

14 leaves, 350mm. by 250mm., double column, 55 lines in black ink in two sizes of a professional early gothic bookhand, the biblical text in short blocks to the left of each column on every second ruled line, the gloss surrounding the biblical text on three sides, biblical quotations underlined in red, running-titles and initials in red or blue, the main-text initials with elaborate contrasting penwork, some small natural flaws in vellum, else excellent