Bifolium from an illuminated Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy (perhaps Milan), fourteenth century]

Bifolium from an illuminated Missal, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [Italy (perhaps Milan), fourteenth century]

2 conjoined leaves, each with double column of 39 lines in 2 sizes of a good and rounded gothic bookhand, rubrics in red, small initials in red or blue, larger initials in same with penwork foliage filling entire border, larger initials in red or blue (the red perhaps added by a later hand) with three-quarter borders of swirls of coloured acanthus leaves with gold beads on their stems and gold leaf tips and flowers, scuffs and spots, corners cut away, slightly darkened in places, but overall fair and presentable, each leaf: 285 by 190mm.