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European Medieval Manuscript Leaves
Varieties of Script and Content from the Jim Sims Collection
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Roman Square Capitals
Italian Leaf from a Dogale ca. 1608
Roman Rustic Capitals
French Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1150
German Leaf from a Sacramental ca. 1125
Beneventan Minuscule
Italian Leaf from a Lectionary ca. 1175
Carolingian Minuscule
German Leaf from a Sacramental ca. 1125
Italian Leaf from a Psalter ca. 1160
Italian Leaf from a Hagiography ca. 1150-1200
German Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1150-1200
Protogothic
Dutch Leaf from a Psalter ca. 13th century
French Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1150
Gothic Textualis
French Leaf from a Benedictional ca. 1520
Dutch Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1475
German Leaf from a Missal ca. 1480
Gothic Libraria
Italian Leaf from a Pocket Bible ca. 1250
English Leaf from a Pocket Bible ca. 1250-1275
French Leaf from a Pocket Bible ca. 1230-1240
French Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1300-1325
German Leaf from a Psalter ca. 1500
Chancery
English Leaf from a Canon Law Treatise ca. 1510
Batarde
French Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1485
Leaf from a Contract ca. 1300
Bastard Secretary
French Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1480-1500
Humanist
French Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1535
French Leaf from a Gradual ca. 1550
Italian Leaf from a Dogale ca. 1608
Content of Book
Benedictional
French Leaf from a Benedictional ca. 1520
Book of Hours
Dutch Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1475
French Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1535
French Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1485
French Leaf from a Book of Hours ca. 1480-1500
Breviary
German Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1150-1200
French Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1300-1325
French Leaf from a Breviary ca. 1150
Canon Law Treatise
English Leaf from a Canon Law Treatise ca. 1510
Contract
Leaf from a Contract ca. 1300
Dogale
Italian Leaf from a Dogale ca. 1608
Gradual
French Leaf from a Gradual ca. 1550
Hagiography
Italian Leaf from a Hagiography ca. 1150-1200
Lectionary
Italian Leaf from a Lectionary ca. 1175
Missal
German Leaf from a Missal ca. 1480
Pocket Bible
Italian Leaf from a Pocket Bible ca. 1250
French Leaf from a Pocket Bible ca. 1230-1240
English Leaf from a Pocket Bible ca. 1250-1275
Psalter
Italian Leaf from a Psalter ca. 1160
Dutch Leaf from a Psalter ca. 13th century
German Leaf from a Psalter ca. 1500
Sacramental
German Leaf from a Sacramental ca. 1125
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Leaf from a Book of Hours
