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(Illuminated Manuscripts) Three Leaves

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 350.00 USD
(Illuminated Manuscripts) Three Leaves
<Our item number 122659><B>&#40;Illuminated Manuscripts&#41; Three Leaves.</B> &#40;1&#41; Original leaf from an Italian gospel lectionary, 1150. 13&#34; x 9½&#34;, vellum. Carolingian book hand, 21 lines &#40;each side&#41; in Latin; small red and blue decorative border &#40;2&#41; Original leaf from St. Augustine&#39;s &#34;Commentary,&#34; Italian, 1470. 10¼&#34; x 8½&#34;, vellum. Humanistic hand, in Latin, two columns of 37 lines &#40;each side&#41;; one 3-line iniitial letter in red and ten small red and blue decorative figures &#40;3&#41; Original leaf from a c. 1500 Flemish Antiphonal, 9¾&#34; x 7¼&#34;, vellum. Latin text with black square-note music on a red four-line stave. All three pieces fine, each matted to 16¾&#34; x 13&#34; &#40;3 items&#41;. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;300-350. <BR><BR>Our item number 122659<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/43jpegs/122659.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>