Leather Bound Illuminated Manuscript

CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (296 grams, 11 x 8.5 cm).

Codex of vellum pages bound within leather covers with securing straps; each page with a block of ten lines of Coptic black-ink text in Greek letters with red highlighting; probably from Egypt. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

CONDITION

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LOT 0352