Illuminated handwritten leaf . "Liber Sententiarum" 1250-1300. Important work.

Description

This is an original leaf from Peter Lombard's "Liber Sententiarum", handwritten and illuminated on vellum in the style of the northern Italian school, circa 1250-1300.  Likely written in a monastery at or near Florence, it is a secular work; uncommon in a era when the written word was almost exclusively reserved for religious works.
It is written on a very fine grade of vellum, probably unborn lambskin.  It is estimated that producing a work of this size, slightly less than the Bible, would have taken a scribe three years labor, and the skins of 200 lambs.
The leaf is approx. 6 1/2" X 9", and the written area covers about 3" X 4 1/2".  THIS LEAF IS IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION.  It would make a fine addition to your collection. The certificate of authenticity I received when I purchased it (1988) will be included.
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