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Bifolium missal leaf
by GERMAN SCRIBE
- Used
- Condition
- Original sewn repairs in lower margin, a couple of original marginal creases; in fine original condition.
- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Germany, 1500. Original sewn repairs in lower margin, a couple of original marginal creases; in fine original condition.. Bifolium on vellum, 458 x 318 mm. (each leaf), each leaf written in double columns of 32 lines, ruled with ink, dark brown ink with rubrics and brown ink initials, two with decorative penwork, capitals touched with red, full margins. original sewn repairs in lower margin, a couple of original marginal creases; in fine original condition.
A handsome bifolium leaf from a large lectern manuscript. The decorative penwork initials, in one instance forming a human profile, are characteristic of the German style of this period. Large volumes, like the one from which these pages derive, were introduced by the Carolingians and eventually replaced the multi-volume sets required for the performance of religious observances: A proliferation of private chapels with minimal staff and a burgeoning quantity of regular observances, often paid for by the donations of the faithful, necessitated a streamlining of the religious process.
Complete bifolia are rare on the market, and this one, with particularly wide margins and in a fine gothic script, is particularly impressive. Another leaf from this impressive manuscript is in the Shøyen Collection, Oslo and London.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3010830
- Title
- Bifolium missal leaf
- Author
- GERMAN SCRIBE
- Book Condition
- Used - Original sewn repairs in lower margin, a couple of original marginal creases; in fine original condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 1500
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hordern House Rare Books
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Surry Hills, New South Wales
About Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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