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LOT 0428
Medieval Philip Augustus Vellum Psalter Folio
13TH CENTURY A.D.
9 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (5.41 grams, 23.3 x 16.7 cm).
With 21 lines of bastarda script text in black with blue versals and gold leaf detailing, red and blue decorative blocking, vertical bar with beast-head finial to margin; drypoint ruling visible.
Provenance
From an important collection of Christian artefacts formed by a London gentleman, 1970s-1980s.
From the private collection of Mr David Barker, London, UK; thence by descent.
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