A leaf, 18 lines, red initials, vellum, 262 x 180 mm., perfect condition.
Text for the consecration of an exorcist and of an acolyte. From the collection of Roger Martin (1939-2020). Another leaf from the same manuscript was Sotheby’s, 22 June 1982, lot 3, afterwards Quaritch, Bookhands, II (cat. 1056), 1983, no. 60, then believed to be English.


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