[ENLUMINURE] - Lot 2

[ENLUMINURE] Folio from a Martyrology (?) Suffrage in honor of Saint Domnole, bishop of Le Mans (558-581). In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, late caroline script, drypoint rule, 1st line of rule written, text on two columns, 36 lines per column. France, Normandy? 12th century. Dimensions: 353x220mm Ornate S initial at beginning of text, zoomorphic hybrid and scrolls drawn in pen, with blue, red and green watercolors; text on two columns; running title: "Mensis December"; heading, "K[alendis] decembris depositio". Heading in blue: "Sancti Dompnoli episcopi Cenomacensis" (very pale ink). Initial trimmed short on left side. Under the reign of Clotaire I, Saint Domnole was head of a monastery in the Basilica of Saint Laurent, then bishop of Le Mans in 543. His feast day is December 1.