LARGE 16th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM

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October 10, 2011

ANTIPHONARY / CHOIR BOOK

MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM. [s.l., s.d c. 16th century Spain]. Antiphonary and Choir book for the Common of Saints (Commune Sanctorum) supplemented by a certain number of votive Masses. LARGE FOLIO., approx. 51 cm x 35. (iPhone in photo for size comparison) Reversed calf over wood boards, faint impressions of metal fixtures. Approx 160 pages, some leaves apparently lost, some repairs, darkening to vellum as always. An impressive volume, and certainly a conversation piece. [SOLD]