A single leaf from a miniature Breviary, with finely decorated penwork initials, manuscript in Latin on vellum.
Northern France or nearby Flanders, late C13th.
Single column of 30 lines in two sizes of gothic script. 150mm x 95mm.
Text is a reading for the Second Sunday in Advent. A very handsome and unusual script.













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