Fragment of a leaf from Cassiodorus, In Psalterio Expositio, in Latin [Italy, c.1150]

fragment, c.115x70mm, vellum, with the end of the exposition on Psalm 10 and an initial 'O' (opening 'Octava ...') at the beginning of the exposition on Psalm 11, and a drawing of a priestly figure added in brown ink, part of 2 columns and up to 15 lines remaining, the blue pigment of the initial slightly rubbed

Bought by the present owner from Maggs Bros, ‘Continental Books and Manuscript Leaves from the Library of James Stevens Cox, F.S.A. (1910–1997)', Catalogue 1376 (2005), no.8; nos.4–9 were all fragments from the same manuscript.