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[CANON LAW LEAF, on the TRANSLATION OF BISHOPS FROM ONE SEE TO ANOTHER]

Single leaf from a legal text based on the Decretals, Liber I, titulus VII ('De translatione episcoporum'), in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[France or Low Countries
15th century]
€300 - €500

Single leaf with text in double column of 59 lines of a compact late gothic bookhand, capitals touched in red, red or blue paraph marks, red rubric, one initial 'L' (for 'Liber') in gold on blue and pink grounds in upper margin (part of the running title), and one 3-line initial 'C' (opening ""Cum ex illo …"") in gold on similarly coloured grounds in main text, a few spots and stains, else in excellent condition, approximately 300 by 190mm.; in large gilt frame (unexamined out of frame)