Single large leaf, with the main text set in a small, square text block of 2 columns of 15 lines. Tall square Italian bookhand in the centre of the leaf (with parts of Lib.1 tit VI. ‘De electione’). Wide margins with 67 lines of the standard commentary enclosing the main text. Capitals touched in yellow, paragraph marks in red and blue, running titles in red and bluewith other contemporary roman numeral section numbers in contemporary pen. One text correction. Old water damage. Modern folio no. ’23’ on recto. Spotting to outer upper corner but overall in good condition. A very large and handsome leaf from a copy of the ‘Sextus Liber Decretalium’. Approximately from around 1320 450mm x 300mm
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[Pope Boniface] Leaf from Sextus Liber Decretalium – early C14th
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Categories: C14th -C16th manuscripts, Manuscripts
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