Bifolium missal leaf
by GERMAN SCRIBE
- Used
- Condition
- Original sewn repairs in lower margin, a couple of original marginal creases; in fine original condition.
- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
A handsome bifolium leaf from a large lectern manuscript. The decorative penwork initials, in one instance forming a human profile, are characteristic of the German style of this period. Large volumes, like the one from which these pages derive, were introduced by the Carolingians and eventually replaced the multi-volume sets required for the performance of religious observances: A proliferation of private chapels with minimal staff and a burgeoning quantity of regular observances, often paid for by the donations of the faithful, necessitated a streamlining of the religious process.
Complete bifolia are rare on the market, and this one, with particularly wide margins and in a fine gothic script, is particularly impressive. Another leaf from this impressive manuscript is in the Shøyen Collection, Oslo and London.
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- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3010830
- Title
- Bifolium missal leaf
- Author
- GERMAN SCRIBE
- Book Condition
- Used - Original sewn repairs in lower margin, a couple of original marginal creases; in fine original condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 1500
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