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Fragments of Hermanni Gygantis, Flores temporum seu Chronicon universale, in Latin [Germany (Munich or Zwiefalten?), 15th century]
Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description
- ink and pigment on vellum
two fragments, each c.100×170mm, paper, each with 6 lines (for the equivalent passages see Hermanni Gygantis, Flores temporum seu Chronicon universal, 1743 edition, pp.5 and 10), in the binding of Antonio de Guevara, Ander Theil: Der guldenen Sendtschreiben. Weilandt deß Hochwürdigen vnnd Wolgebornen Herrn ..., Munich, 1598, bound in contemporary white pigskin blind-stamped with rolls including the Four Evangelists and profile busts amid acanthus
Catalogue Note
From Zwiefalten Abbey, with their ownership inscriptions on the title-page.