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DOMENICO MARIA MANNI (1690-1788), polymath Florentine scholar and biographer of Aldus Manutius, wrote and published works on a broad range of topics. The following two lots were part of his private library, exemplifying the scope of his interest in European ecclesiastical history and providing a fascinating insight into the collecting habits of an 18th-century bibliophile.
TWO LEAVES FROM A NOTED MISSAL, in Latin, from a MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
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TWO LEAVES FROM A NOTED MISSAL, in Latin, from a MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[northern Europe, 10th century]
326 x 222mm; 321 x 220mm. Two columns of 36 lines written in a fine late Carolingian minuscule in black ink, second leaf ruled in blind, 16 large initials, rubrics and headings (sometimes rustic) in red, adiastemmatic musical neumes (scribbles on the recto of the first leaf, staining and holes slightly affecting text especially on the second leaf). In a modern card binding.
The two leaves are sequential. The text opens on the first leaf with Matthew 12:46 and the Mass for the first Wednesday in Lent and ends on the verso of the second leaf with the beginning of the Mass for the first Saturday in Lent.
[northern Europe, 10th century]
326 x 222mm; 321 x 220mm. Two columns of 36 lines written in a fine late Carolingian minuscule in black ink, second leaf ruled in blind, 16 large initials, rubrics and headings (sometimes rustic) in red, adiastemmatic musical neumes (scribbles on the recto of the first leaf, staining and holes slightly affecting text especially on the second leaf). In a modern card binding.
The two leaves are sequential. The text opens on the first leaf with Matthew 12:46 and the Mass for the first Wednesday in Lent and ends on the verso of the second leaf with the beginning of the Mass for the first Saturday in Lent.
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Please note that the image accompanying lot 31 in the catalogue belongs to lot 32, and vice versa.
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