Leaf from a Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on manuscript [Italy, mid-twelfth century]

Leaf from a Lectionary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on manuscript [Italy, mid-twelfth century]

Substantial fragment of a leaf, with double column of 30 lines in an elegant Romanesque hand with pronounced wedges at end of ascenders and without biting curves, rubrics in ornamental red capitals, 7 simple red initials (one in split bands), trimmed at edges with losses to outer and lower edges, some spots, stains and with reverse scuffed, overall fair and presentable condition, 287 by 208mm.