Lot 24
Calendar, probably from a monumental Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript, [Italy (probably Perugia), second half of the 14th century].
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Calendar, probably from a monumental Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment, 6 leaves (a single gathering), single column, 33 lines in an angular Italian late gothic bookhand, some letters touched in red, important entries in red, 'KL' initials in alternate blue or red with contrasting penwork, some seventeenth- or eighteenth-century additions, tear to base of last leaf with loss of small area of lower border, some slight cockling and light soiling, else good condition, printed Calendar leaves used as pastedowns, 19th century vellum-backed marbled boards, small folio (335 x 225 mm.), [Italy (probably Perugia), second half of the fourteenth century].
⁂ Most probably written and illuminated for a church or monastic community in Perugia (with St. Herculanus, bishop of Perugia, 1 March in Calendar).
Description
Calendar, probably from a monumental Missal, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment, 6 leaves (a single gathering), single column, 33 lines in an angular Italian late gothic bookhand, some letters touched in red, important entries in red, 'KL' initials in alternate blue or red with contrasting penwork, some seventeenth- or eighteenth-century additions, tear to base of last leaf with loss of small area of lower border, some slight cockling and light soiling, else good condition, printed Calendar leaves used as pastedowns, 19th century vellum-backed marbled boards, small folio (335 x 225 mm.), [Italy (probably Perugia), second half of the fourteenth century].
⁂ Most probably written and illuminated for a church or monastic community in Perugia (with St. Herculanus, bishop of Perugia, 1 March in Calendar).