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  Metal cuts of “The Lamb of God”, dragons.    Recto: Text in Latin printed in a Gothic font on vellum.   Two ... 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

Woodblock prints include a horned Moses accepting the tablets of the 10 Commandments  and Elijah and the Chariot of Fire A leaf from from the ... more info

Illuminated Book of Hours leaf, Flanders, c.1450.     “My tears have been my bread by day and by night…”     ... 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

Medieval calendar pages look rather complicated to the modern eye. Typically they are laid our in four columns. In the far right appear the special ... 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