Three Bifolia from a Breviary of Dominican Use, in Latin [south-east France (probably Arles), c.1425-50]

3 bifolia (6 leaves), 245x170mm, vellum, 2 columns, 15 lines, 175x130mm, including part of the Sanctorale, flourished initials, some extending the full length of the columns decorated with fleur-de-lys, foliated 68-70 and 73-75, vellum cockled and stained, outer margin irregularly cut

From a manuscript sold in our rooms, 4 December 2007, lot 56. The calendar described as for Dominican Use and with entries suggesting Arles or its immediate vicinity. An 18th-century note at the beginning of the volume recorded that the manuscript was in a convent which suggests that the manuscript came from the medieval library of the Dominican convent of Arles. The first leaf of the codex, including a list of contents, is at Bristol University Library.