


St. Augustine 6 manuscript leaves, Italy, mid-12th century.
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ST. AUGUSTINE (AUGUSTINUS). HOMILIES. 6 leaves from St. Augustine Homilies on the Epistle of St. John, in Latin, from a monumental manuscript on vellum [Italy (probably Tuscany), mid-twelfth century].
6 vast leaves, each c. 435 mm. by 307 mm., containing parts of Sermons LXIII and Homilies XIIII, XVIIII XX, XXVII, XXVIIII, double column, 44 lines written in an elegant and precise Romanesque bookhand, without biting curves, with a strong st-ligature and capitals within text often following Carolingian forms (see ‘M’ and ‘A’ in particular), small contemporary corrections in a hand with a broken ct-ligature (the ‘t’ leaning back, but not touching the ‘c’), a number of later notes showing use through thirteenth century at least, written space 310mm. by 210mm., titles and rubrics in red ornamental capitals, original prickings in margin preserved, some skin side of leaves slightly discoloured through grain pattern of hair follicles, vellum slightly cockled and small spots, else in excellent condition. All six leaves rolled.
The large and handsome parent codex appears to have been have been dispersed in the London trade in the 1960s, with other leaves appearing in Quaritch and in Sotheby's, 8 July 2014, lot 7.
We would like to thank Dr. Timothy Bolton for his cataloguing of the present lot.
See catalogue text.
For more information, please contact:
katharina.fahlstedt@auktionsverket.se.