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Lot n° 868
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Fragments - Middle French - BONAVENTURA (ps.-) - Stimulus amoris [French trsl. Simon de Courcy].

Estimation : 120 / 120
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
France, 2nd half 15th c. vellum leaf, c. 20,5 x 13,8 cm; writing area c. 14,5 x 7,5 cm, 30 ll., written in brown ink (adhesive paper strip pasted to top margin). Well preserved. Rare fragment of “Lesguillon damour divin”, the French trsl. of the “Stimulus amoris”, a popular devotional work often attributed to St. Bonaventura but probably the work of another Franciscan, James of Milan. It was made for Marie, Duchess of Bourbon, daughter of John, Duke of Berry, and presented to her in 1406 with other treatises by her confessor, Simon de Courcy, also a Franciscan. The text of this fragment agrees with ff. lxxxv(v°)-lxxxvi(v°) of the ed. Paris 1529 (Moreau III:1658). Decoration: 2 small one-line gilt initials in blue and pink. We join : Nice leaf of a Gradual. [Italy? Spain?, 16th c.], very large vellum leaf, c. 74,5 x 52 cm, written within yellow border, 14 ll. with large letters (h: 2,5 cm). In good condition (rolled up, verso sl. rubbed). Text: Psalm 24(25):8-16 (Latin Vulgate), which was used for Matins (the Morning Office of the Christian Church). Decoration: 8 large rounded initials in blue, pink, yellow with sm. gilt "knots". (2 pcs)  
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