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Fragment of a seigneurial 'Rente Boec' manuscript for Viane, Eastern Flanders, in Flemish, two bifolia on paper and the original vellum front cover of the volume
[East Flanders (Viane)]
[late 15th century (probably dated 1473)]
€200 - €300

Four leaves (foliated in sixteenth-century hand as 85 & 86 and 87 & 96), each with entries in a Flemish secretarial hand, titles in angular calligraphic version of same, each bifolium opening with one large title and a fine penwork initial in split penwork bands and with ornate cadels and human faces and perhaps feet picked out in hairline penwork, watermark a simple jug, these together with a vellum leaf once the front cover of the parent volume with the title "Den rente boec van viane" in same calligraphic script, other later annotations there giving alternative spellings for the placename ("Vianne" and "Vyanne") and adding "Livre de rentes seigneuriales Derianne 43" and the apparent date "1473", remains of one cloth tie at middle of board, all parts in good condition, 300 by 220mm