Bifolium from a large gothic Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript

Bifolium from a large gothic Bible, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum, [France, early thirteenth century (before c. 1230)], two conjoined leaves, each with a single column of 28 lines of a high grade early gothic bookhand, capitals touched in red, running titles in alternate red and blue capitals, one large initial ‘E’ (opening “Et ecce vir dei …”, I Kings 13) in blue encased within red foliate penwork, red and blue leaf shapes extending from the initial up the entire height of the inner margin, second leaf with large initial ‘D’ (“Domum autem suam …”, the opening of I Kings 7) with same decoration, recovered from reuse in a later binding (in reversed format to that of the original volume), and hence with folds, splits, small clipped away areas from edges, stained areas, some cockling, small paper remnants of printed work with text in German, overall fair and presentable condition, each leaf 395 by 290mm. *** A noble remnant of a once grand French gothic Bible.

Estimate:£600

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