CALLIGRAPHY Psalm in five languages, dedicated... Lot 13

[CALLIGRAPHY] Psalm in five languages, dedicated to Cardinal Pietro Maffi, 1911. Large calligraphic proof in six languages (Hebrew, Samaritan, Syriac, Old Syriac, Latin, and Italian) by the priest and scholar Cornelio Geri and dedicated to the newly elected Cardinal of Pisa, Pietro Maffi (1858 -1931) by the priest, the product of almost a month of work: 'This psalm in five languages was composed and written in his own hand by sac. Cornelio Geri on 2-27 June 1911' (trans.). Oblong folio, (500 x 720mm). Ff. [7], manuscript on vellum (spotting, unbound). Contemporary cloth binding (some wear). (1)