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A unique parchment manuscript leaf from a Latin prayerbook written around 1390 in a French scriptorium.

This manuscript was written for the use of the Augustine hermits. The calendar mentions two feasts which can apply only to the two southern France bishoprics of Orange and Carpentras (Eutropius, May 27, who was bishop of Orange till his death in the year of 475; and Siffredi, November 27, who was the patron saint of Carpentras).

Size of the single vellum leaf: ca. 4.5 in x 3.75in(112 mm x 85 mm). Writing area: ca. 2.75in x 2.25in (70 mm x 55 mm)

Condition: The meticulous writing is on very fine and very thin vellum in very good condition with occasional spotting or soiling in the margins, slight soiling, original flaws in the vellum, etc.