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AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, Saint; et al. Incipit tractat[us] primus[-sextus], sancti augustini episcopi, in epistolam B[ea]ti Johan[n]is apostoli &

AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, Saint; et al. Incipit tractat[us] primus[-sextus], sancti augustini episcopi, in epistolam B[ea]ti Johan[n]is apostoli & eva[n]geliste [and other texts]. illuminated manuscript in latin, written in large gothic hand by 3 scribes in black ink with divisional headings in red, 26 lines, recto and verso, on vellum. initial m with miniature of the garden of eden in colors and gold on 1r; initial m with miniature of the levitation of st. mary magdalene on 48r; initial b with painting of rose on 57r. 60 leaves. 480x330 mm, 18th-century French mottled calf, joints cracked, bottom of spine damaged. France, mid-16th century

  • Notes: Book of homilies to be read aloud in church. The other texts are Origen, Omilia... de beata maria magdalena, and an anonymous Vita beati Marcelli Parisiensis.

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