It was cheaper in the 1930s...
Probably written within a generation of the death (in 1279) of the author, Conrad of Saxony, a charming and almost perfectly preserved manuscript containing his Speculum Mariae Virginis and other sermons or texts in praise of the Virgin was another of the highlights of the manuscripts from the Ritman collection sold at Sotheby’s – and one with a distinguished provenance.
Made in north-eastern France or Flanders, perhaps Brabant, in the late 13th century, the manuscript …