Four leaves from two texts in medieval Italian, manuscripts on parchment [Italy, fourteenth and fifteenth century] Four leaves: (a) two leaves from a text on friendship and love in Venetian dialect (remains of chs.vii-x), most probably drawn from philosophers such as Cicero, St. Francis and others, with double column of 38 lines in a rounded gothic vernacular hand, red rubrics, stains from reuse in a binding and borders trimmed, but overall in good and legible condition, each approximately ??? by ???mm., Italy (probably Veneto), fourteenth century; (b) two large leaves from an Italian text, apparently containing Jerome’s epistole to Pope Damascus on the Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-32), naming Melech/ Mahalath and discussing the meaning of “simphonia”, double column with 42 lines in an excellent humanist script, reused as a binding and hence with numerous marks, tears and scuffs, scrubbed blank on reverses, each leaf ??? by ???mm., Italy, fifteenth century Medieval manuscripts in Italian are not common, and the grand size of item (b), as well as the use of a fine and professional humanist hand is suggestive of its translation for noble lay contemplation.
Four leaves from two texts in medieval Italian, manuscripts on parchment [Italy, fourteenth and fifteenth century] Four leaves: (a) two leaves from a text on friendship and love in Venetian dialect (remains of chs.vii-x), most probably drawn from philosophers such as Cicero, St. Francis and others, with double column of 38 lines in a rounded gothic vernacular hand, red rubrics, stains from reuse in a binding and borders trimmed, but overall in good and legible condition, each approximately ??? by ???mm., Italy (probably Veneto), fourteenth century; (b) two large leaves from an Italian text, apparently containing Jerome’s epistole to Pope Damascus on the Parable of the Lost Son (Luke 15:11-32), naming Melech/ Mahalath and discussing the meaning of “simphonia”, double column with 42 lines in an excellent humanist script, reused as a binding and hence with numerous marks, tears and scuffs, scrubbed blank on reverses, each leaf ??? by ???mm., Italy, fifteenth century Medieval manuscripts in Italian are not common, and the grand size of item (b), as well as the use of a fine and professional humanist hand is suggestive of its translation for noble lay contemplation.
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