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LOT 0352
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.
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