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- Collection: Medieval Manuscript Leaves
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Leaf from 12th century Koran
"From a Koran manuscript in Cufic characters. This rare example, though undated, is attributed by experts to the Twelfth Century, or earlier. Its style suggests the calligraphy of Mashad (Persia), although it may possibly have come from Arabia or…
Leaf from a 13th century missal
"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,…
Leaf from a 15th century breviary
"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…
Leaf from a Flemish Book of Hours
"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…
Leaf from a French Processional
From the Abbey of St. Louis at Poissey in Paris. Seven four line staves in red.
Leaf from a Portuguese manuscript
"From Los Virtuosos Varones, author unknown. A Portuguese manuscript on the nobility of the Portuguese aristocracy, circa 1450. An unusual work on fine paper with the distinctive barbed design of the initial letters that mark it with the Portuguese…
Leaf from an Italian legal manuscript
"From an early legal manuscript, 1280-1320 A. D., an original handwritten folio leaf of a very early and rare Italian codex of civil and canon law combined. The work is executed in double columns of the finest gothic book hand of the period and is a…
Leaf from an unknown Book of Hours
Illuminated 15 line leaf with vines and strawberries on the outer edge of the leaf. Foliated with a 97 in the upper right hand corner of the recto side of the leaf.
Leaf from an unknown source
Illuminated with red and blue bordering around the capital letters and ivy in the margins.
Leaf from Latin "Sermones"
From a Latin manuscript dated 1434, containing the "sermones" of Simon de Cremona, prepared in the Scriptorium (as monastic writing-rooms were called) of the famous Carthusian monastery at Buxheim. Caspar Misnensis was the scribe, and he informs us…