A single leaf on parchment, c. 159 x 113 mm (c. 105 x 74 mm) with one six-line initial in blue.
Ruled in ink for two columns of 32, written in a gothic script in brown ink, rubrics and pagination in red, and 32 single line initials alternating in red or blue with some purple line decoration to the red letters. There is a catchword to the lower margin of the verso, decorated in a two-line border with red dots.
A later pencil notation to the lower margin of the recto, ‘1400 Italy Missal’ and pagination ‘50’. A very good example of a manuscript leaf. There is some marking to the parchment and stains. There is corrosion to the script ink, most likely due to iron gall. This does impact the legibility of some of the script.
Single Leaf From A Breviary, In Latin, Manuscript On Parchment
Author
[French Scribe]
Publisher
[Possibly Avignon]
Date
c. 1415
