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A Selection of

Choice and Valuable

Old Books

Part 1.

P596

1924

9-26-35MFP

Fifteenth Century Spanish Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum.

I EVANGELIARIUM AD USUM CISTERCIENSIS MONASTERII IN
HISPANIA. MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, beautifully written in Latin
by a Spanish Scribe in large Gothic Letters, red and black, 18 long lines to a
page (133 by 91⁄2 in.), with numerous illuminated initials, ILLUSTRATED
WITH FOURTEEN LARGE AND MAGNIFICENT FULL-PAGE
MINIATURES, of a somewhat later date, by an artist of the Spanish
School. Folio, oak boards covered with old velvet, with a small silver
crucifix in centre of front cover.

£250

1. Full-page border, with Miniatures of St. Peter and St. Paul, and the four
Evangelists in the corners, angels singing at top, Arms below.

2. Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

3. The Holy Trinity, surrounded by a choir of angels. [SEE REPRODUCTION.]

4. The Prophet Ezekiel receiving Divine Inspiration.

5. Jacob receiving the blessing from Isaac, Esau hunting in background.

8. Moses with Aaron and Hur, with uplifted hands at Rephidim, battle in the fore-

ground.

9. David and the Prophet Nathan, "Thou art the man."

10. Moses descending from Sinai, with the two tables of stone, on which are the

Ten Commandments.

11. The Last Judgment. [SEE REPRODUCTION.]

12.

A Street Preaching Scene in the Middle Ages. [SEE REPRODUCTION.]

13. Dives and Lazarus. [SEE REPRODUCTION.]