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"From a 13th century MS., being a liturgical book similar to portions of the modern missal. This example is typical of the period when small manuscripts first came into vogue, and the large bold script of the 12th Century had given place to fine,…

"From Flemish Book of Hours. A striking leaf with the customary wide margins and very careful workmanship. This manuscript, circa 1250-1300, reflects the Flemish or Northern French influence in the few initial letters where a clay base is encrusted…

"From a 15th century breviary manuscript or by a monastic scribe, probably in the Low Countries or in Northern France, circa 1490. Compact Gothic lettering is typical of all medieval breviaries and similar small books of devotion, as is the fine…

Leaves from this mass-book, while in some ways very ordinary, are easy to spot because of the unusual amount of friction they all show; the manuscript was clearly in regular use for many years before being dismembered. Six other leaves are known to…

Denison already owns one leaf from this same source manuscript (in the Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolio, item 18). Other leaves are owned by Boston University, Columbia University, and the REading (PA) Public Museum. The defining…

Denison owns another leaf from this same source manuscript (shelfmark Z109.O75, leaf 6). Only three other specimens are known to exist, owned by Central Washington University, Smith College, and the Rhode Island School of Design.

This is one of only two leaves from its source manuscript currently known to exist; the other is in the Rauner Library at Dartmouth. It's of particular interest not only because it's in a vernacular language (i.e, not Latin), but because of the…

This leaf comes from the very first medieval manuscript Otto Ege ever owned; he bought it in Philadelphia in 1911 when he was 23 years old. Denison already owns another leaf from the manuscript (shelfmark Z109.O74, leaf 4); others are owned by…

This leaf is from one of the smallest manuscripts Ege ever owned: a personal prayer book designed to be carried in a dress pocket. Only three other specimens are known to exist, in the collections of Samford University, Dartmouth College, and the…

Denison already owns a leaf from this same source manuscript (Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolio box, item 32). Other leaves from the same source manuscript are owned by the University of Texas at Austin, the Franciscan University of…