Leaves from a Medieval Manuscript Bible. ca. 1250. “Parisian version.” Circa 1250.
no. 1- Genesis, ch. 43-44; no. 2 - Judges, ch. 2-3; no.3- 1st Samuel, ch. 21-22. On vellum.
Leaf from St. Thomas Aquinas' commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics. In Latin. On vellum. Text is from Liber 4. France. Circa 1280.
Leaf from the Decretals of Gregory IX. De Electione et Electi Potestate. In Latin. On vellum. Text from Liber I, Titulus VI. Numerals at head of leaf in blue, black, and red with gold leaf. France. Circa1450.
Leaf from a Book of Hours. In Latin. On vellum. Decorated with initial letters in blue and red with gold leaf. Lines with floral motifs and a harnessed camel. Text is from Psalms 119 and 120. France. Circa 1460.
Vita [et] Processus Sancti Thome Cantuariensis martyris super libertate ecclisiastica. Bound in flexible, hand-tied vellum. Gothic characters. in Latin. Bound with second title. First and only 15th century edition of this work. Paris. 1495. (One of the three complete incunabula in the Rare Book Room.)
From the Rouen region of France. Manuscript leaves elaborately colored, with gold leaf. Includes calendar, border miniature, floral borders and initials. Gothic script done in at least two hands. France. Circa 1500.
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