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06 March 2021 - 14:00 (CET) -
14, boulevard Eindhoven - 14400 Bayeux
Extremely rare on the market, this late 15th-century compendium compiled for a Rhenish monk contains an 11th-century manuscript of a text by Saint Gregory the Great.
Compendium of three manuscripts from the 11th, 13th and 15th centuries, medieval binding made in the Rhineland c. 1490. Estimate: €40,000/60,000
Compendium of three manuscripts from the 11th, 13th and 15th centuries, medieval binding made in the Rhineland c. 1490. Estimate: €40,000/60,000
t his compendium has no illustrations, but that will not deter many medieval book specialists—if only for its superb full Havana brown calfskin binding on a wooden pressboard, which is…
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