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[MANUSCRIPT LEAVES -- BIBLES]. A group of 4 manuscript leaves on vellum, matted together, comprising: 
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[MANUSCRIPT LEAVES -- BIBLES]. A group of 4 manuscript leaves on vellum, matted together, comprising: 

One leaf on vellum, in Latin. France, ca. 1425. 142 x 95 mm sight. Written in a small Humanistic Italic hand, double column, one 15-line initial in red and blue; two 3-line initials, one red, one blue; seven 1-line initials alternating red and blue. 

Two leaves, bifolium, on vellum, in Latin. England, ca. 1350.  107 x 196 mm sight. Written in a Textura hand, one 3-line illuminated initial, tracery in the margins, all heightened in gold. From the Gospels.

One leaf on vellum, in Latin. France, ca. 1450. 117 x 89 mm sight. Written in a Renaissance hand, 16 lines per page, four 1-line illuminated initials, one 2-line illuminated initial, illuminated line-filler, all heightened in gold (small hole lower margin). From a Book of Hours. 

One leaf on vellum, in Latin. France, ca. 1435. 122 x 111 mm sight. Wide vine & leaf border in left margin in gold, blue, and copper-green, four 1-line illuminated initials, one 2-two line illuminated initial, line fillers in red & blue, all heightened in gold, a few letters in red. From a Psalter.

Property from the Collection of LSC Communications, Inc.