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“The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.” Further images:  Feel free ... more info

An excellent example of incunable printing & rubrication from a curious medieval encyclopaedia. Further images:  Feel free to request ... more info

Missal leaf with decorated initials by a known illuminator, Sano di Pietro . Siena, Italy,   c.1465. Sienese easel painter and manuscript ... more info

A "Passion Play" or "Passion Narrative" is a religious drama of medieval origin that is read on Palm Sunday and in Holy ... more info

The Second Book of Maccabees “Then the king being angry, commanded frying pans and brazen cauldrons to be made hot: which forthwith being ... more info

Octave of the Ascension.  Many decorated initials. Bifolia are much scarcer than individual leaves.  This is a very good example of an ... more info

Verso: Twelve lines of text in Latin written in a rounded gothic bookhand on vellum.   Ruled in red and rubrics in red.  Two two-line ... more info

The Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary Verso: Text in Latin written in an assured Gothic bookhand on vellum.   Ruled in red and rubrics in red. ... more info

Hair follicles in the vellum clearly visible. The "Song of the Three Children", also called "A Song of Creation" or simply The ... more info

The Book of 2 Kings   Coloured initials added by hand after printing. Giorgio Arrivabene was born in Canneto, a small village near Mantua, some ... more info