Glagolitic breviary is a once in several lifetimes rarity
The first copy to come onto the market since 1895 and one of only six recorded in all, the Breviarum Romanum Glagoliticum printed in Venice in 1493 by Andreas Torresanus de Asula was another highlight of the Christie’s sale of July 11.
Glagolitic script has played an important role in Slavic cultural identity since its invention by …