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PONTIFICAL LEAF Ref 385 recto
This is an illuminated leaf from a Pontifical that was produced in France sometime during the fifteenth century.
The text is from the ritual that is the solemnities for the ordination of those from the four minor Orders and in particular the ordination of acolytes (the four minor Orders are acolyte, exorcist, lector and porter).
The size of the leaf is 346mm x 230mm (13 7/10ins. x 9ins.).
Purchased from PBA Galleries, 133, Kearny Street, San Francisco, California 94108, USA, lot number 122 in their sale number 534 on 5th. June 2014.
OTHER LEAVES: -
Only one other leaf from this Pontifical has so far been identified. It has been in several Phillip J. Pirages catalogues, including Catalogue No. 60 (2010), Item 423, at $1,100, and included text from the ritual “De cleric faciendo”, or the conferring clerical status.
GENERAL COMMENTS: -
Leaves from Pontificals are only infrequently offered foe sale.
A Pontifical is the grandest of medieval service books in that it comprises those offices and rituals that can only be conducted by a bishop. Whilst a portion of the bottom margin has been cut away (probably to repair another manuscript) and there are remnants of hinges on the verso, this is still a superb leaf of large dimensions written by an accomplished scribe with fine illumination.
PONTIFICAL LEAF Ref 385 recto
This is an illuminated leaf from a Pontifical that was produced in France sometime during the fifteenth century.
The text is from the ritual that is the solemnities for the ordination of those from the four minor Orders and in particular the ordination of acolytes (the four minor Orders are acolyte, exorcist, lector and porter).
The size of the leaf is 346mm x 230mm (13 7/10ins. x 9ins.).
Purchased from PBA Galleries, 133, Kearny Street, San Francisco, California 94108, USA, lot number 122 in their sale number 534 on 5th. June 2014.
OTHER LEAVES: -
Only one other leaf from this Pontifical has so far been identified. It has been in several Phillip J. Pirages catalogues, including Catalogue No. 60 (2010), Item 423, at $1,100, and included text from the ritual “De cleric faciendo”, or the conferring clerical status.
GENERAL COMMENTS: -
Leaves from Pontificals are only infrequently offered foe sale.
A Pontifical is the grandest of medieval service books in that it comprises those offices and rituals that can only be conducted by a bishop. Whilst a portion of the bottom margin has been cut away (probably to repair another manuscript) and there are remnants of hinges on the verso, this is still a superb leaf of large dimensions written by an accomplished scribe with fine illumination.