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Late 13th-Century Pair of Hand-Painted Italian Bible Pages on Vellum

Item Details

A pair of hand-painted Italian Bible pages on vellum, circa 1260 – 1270. The pages feature two different sizes of drop caps, filigree, and brown, red, and blue ink. Each leaf is housed in a window of off-white matting with protective plastic and informational labels.

Medium or Materials Plastic
Signature Unsigned

Condition

- minor amounts of dust to plastic sleeves; warping in pages; discoloration around binding marks; holes and creases to the center of the pages from being previously bound; areas of black foxing to the pages.

Dimensions

14.0" W x 11.25" H x 0.25" D

- measures mats/sleeves; visible pages measure 9" W x 6" H.

Item #

17WDC181-022

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