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Incunabula leaves from Latin Bible

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Biblical text in large type with Anselm of Laon's Glossa interninearis in smaller font, surrounded by 73 lines of the Glossa ordinaria, attributed to Walafrid Strabo and others, in a third font size; double column format; alternating red and blue Lombard captials begin chapters; one divided Lombard initial in red and blue begins the Letter to the Hebrews. Red capital strokes and alternating red and blue paragraph indicators. Thought to be leaves from the Latin Bible printed for Anton Koberger by Adolf Rusch, Strassburg, circa 1480. Gothic Contains: p.

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Illuminated leaf from Koran

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19 long lines in black ink with occasional red diacritics; gold medaillions encircled by a black line with 4 alternating red and blue dots mark verses; 2 title frames, one in red and one in black ink, appear at bottom within framed gold panel having floral design in blue, green, and red on either side; red, blue and gold borders frame text and panel on 4 sides. Paper 187 x 116 mm. (leaf); 131 x 68 mm. (text)

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Illuminated leaf from Book of hours. Hours of St. Catherine

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16 long lines in black ink with red glosses, ruled and bounded with pale red lines; 4-line blue capital on gold ground decorated with pink, blue and white vines appears with 4 lines of text on recto below sizable blank space possibly intended for later miniature scene never painted. 3 smaller 1-line gold capitals on red and blue white-patterened grounds and 1 blue white-patterned line filler occur elsewhere in text. Rubric (recto): Sensuiuent les heures de st. kathie Gothic Domine labia mea apries ... Deus cuius auxilio uirgo prudentissima katherina ?

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Illuminated leaf from Book of hours

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19 long lines in black and red ink, ruled and bounded with pale red lines; 2- and 4-line floriated capitals in colors and burnished gold and, on outer side of page, border of blue, brown, and green leaves with red and blue flowers runs length of text. Rubric (verso): Oratio deuotu beate Me. Gothic In illo tempore: recumbentibus undecim discipulis apparuit illis Ihesus. Salus in te sperantium. Virgo ante partum. Virgo in ... Contains: Gospel text (Mark 16:14-20) and beginning of Marian prayer: Obsecro te. Vellum 163 x 117 mm. (text); 94 x 85 mm. (text & border)

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Leaf from an illuminated manuscript

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14 long lines in black and red ink, ruled with pale red lines; 1-and 2-line capitals in alternating blue and burnished gold against red or black penwork begin lines; pen flourishes extend into margins. Blue-gold and red-blue linefillers end lines on recto. Gothic Dominus custodit aduenas pupillum et uiduam suscipiet: Deus qui nos patrem et matrem honorare precpisti miserere clementer animabus patris mei et matris mee eorumque peccata dimit... From Office or Mass for the Dead,with beginning of the prayer for deceased mother and father on verso. Parchment 159 x 110 mm. (leaf); 97 x 64 mm.

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Illuminated leaf from Book of hours

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14 long lines in black ink, ruled and bounded with pale red lines; 1-line, in-text burnished gold capitals on alternating red and blue white-patterned grounds; half-line blue and red white-patterned ribbon line fillers at intervals. Wide border of gold leafy vines with red, blue, pink and green flowers appears to one side of text on each side. Gothic putauit dominus peccatum nec est in spiritu eius dolus Tu es refugium meum a tribulatione que circumdedit me exultatio mea ... Text from Psalm 31. Vellum 146 x 128 mm. (leaf); 132 x 107 mm. (text & border)

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Illuminated leaf from Book of hours

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17 long lines in black ink, ruled and bounded with pale red lines; 1-line in-text gold capitals in alternating red and blue rectacngles. Bastarda meis inanis Per sequantur inimicus animam meam et comprehendat et conculcet in terra vitam meam et gloriam meam in puluerem deducat. et in verticem ipsius iniquitas eius descendet Con ... Text from Psalm 7, used in the Office of the Dead at Matins (First Noctural). Parchment 139 x 102 mm. (leaf); 85 x 57 mm. (text)

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Leaf from an illuminated manuscript

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17 long lines in black ink, ruled and bounded with pale brown lines; 2-line blue capitals in red-patterned rectangles alternating with 2-line gold captials in black-patterned rectangles; pen flourishes adorn 2 gold capitals beginning lines. Bastarda ... luim in hoc ego sperabo. et dirige me in semita recta propter inimicos meos Text from Psalm 26, used in the Office of the Dead. Parchment 122 x 87 mm. (leaf); 71 x 50 mm. (text)

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Leaf from Latin Bible

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40 lines in two columns, ruled; two 2-line blue capitals on red-patterned ground and one 5-line red capital on purple pattern mark chapters, with pen flourishes in red and blue extending the full length of leaf to left of three columns; red versals; running title in red and blue. Gothic Contains: Romans 3:5 - 6:4. Vellum 332 x 233 mm. (leaf); 223 x 146 mm. (text)

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