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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT MICAH AND NAHUM. Being a single leaf from a portable Bible in Latin, image 1
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT MICAH AND NAHUM. Being a single leaf from a portable Bible in Latin, image 2
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: MICAH AND NAHUM.
Being a single leaf from a portable Bible in Latin,

11 December 2020, 10:00 EST
New York

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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: MICAH AND NAHUM.

Being a single leaf from a portable Bible in Latin, with text from Micah and Nahum, France [probably Paris], c.1260, 159 x 103 mm., double column, 43 lines of text in Gothic pearl script, rubrics in red, capitals struck in red, running titles and chapter numbers in red and blue, two two-line initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork stretching the length of the page, one three-line initial in pink on a blue ground and floral motif, with two extenders running an inch in either direction, and a five-line historiated initial with a prophet (Nahum) holding a scroll, with a simple manicula and several later (17th century?) marginal notations, including several sentences (now quite faded) at the bottom of the recto. Light soiling around the edges and a little overall toning, otherwise fine.

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