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Medieval Text, single sheet [original]

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Good condition ; some discolouration ; some tearing ; two holes ; marginalia ; rubrication

Title Unknown, leather-bound book [original]

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Binding: good ; bound in wooden boards covered loosely with brown leather ; leather shows some wear including rubbing and a few holes

Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration

Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…

Palm Leaf Sandwich-type Manuscript [original]

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Binding: good ; wooden boards and leaves have two holes through which they would have been bound with string or cord

Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case

Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile (brittle) ; text on both sides ;…

Rosetta Stone [facsimile]

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Good to very good ; facsimile of original Rosetta Stone tablet.

Book of Nehemiah 11.2-13.15, Old Testament, single sheet [original]

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Very good condition ; a small amount of paper is missing from the side along which (it seems) it was originally bound ; marginalia ; Venetian printing ; 15th century

Slip enclosed reads: "PAGEANT BOOK and PRINT SHOP / 109 EAST 109th STREET / NEW…

Hours of the Virgin Mary, single sheet [original]

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Near fine condition ; single leaf of parchment/vellum with printed text ; rubrication and illumination

Protective cover reads: "HOURS OF THE VIRGIN MARY / N. FRENCH, c. 1450-60"

The Psalter, Old Testament [original]

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Fair to very good; parchment (or vellum) folio of manuscript ; partial sewing evident ; rubrication ; illumination with gilt details ; legible script ; some bleeding of ink and rippling of pages most likely due to humidity/moisture damage (possibly…

The Gospel of Mark 14.43-47, New Testament [original]

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Good ; double-sided calfskin vellum sheet with musical notations ; rubrication ; hand-written

Traitte Des Bibliotheques [original]

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Binding: poor ; boards are covered in marbled paper ; bumped corners ; wear along edges and on front of boards

Spine: poor ; spine covering has been removed ; sewing structure with sewing tapes exposed

Textblock: good ; some discolouration and…

Papyrus Sheet [original]

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Condition: very good to near fine ; some cracks ; fragile

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