Ɵ Augustine, Sermones, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Low Countries, 2nd half of 11th century]

Ɵ Leaf from a Augustine, Sermones, 233:2-3 and 242:1, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment[Low Countries, second half of eleventh century] Near complete single leaf, with single column of 29-30 lines in a good Continental Romanesque bookhand, with pronounced fishtailing to ascenders, strong st- and ct-ligatures (including elongated examples), capitals touched in deep red, rubrics in same, one simple red initial, recovered from reuse as a pastedown in a later book and hence with scuffs, small holes, stains from reuse in a binding, overall fair condition, 270 by 190mm.; in cloth-covered card binding Provenance: 1. Bernard Rosenthal (1920-2017), of San Francisco, California. 2. Quaritch cat. 1147, Bookhands of the Middle Ages V, 1991, no. 85.3. Schøyen Collection, London and Oslo, their MS 642, acquired from Quaritch in June 1990.