A Leaf From Book Of Hours In Latin On Vellum. France. Framed. (c. 1410)
Item History & Price
Beautifully framed single leaf of an Illuminated Manuscript from a Book of Hours, in Latin on vellum. Paris, France, circa 1410.
Written in a small Gothic liturgical script, in brown ink, rubrication and ruling in red. One-line initials in gold on multi-colored temperas with white tracery infill. Black penwork ivy vines with leaves of burnished gold and flowers in blue, red and gold. Four-line initial "O" opens the prayer "O Intemerata..." (O immaculate v...irgin).
Leaf measures 6.8 in x 4.75 in and is mounted within a fine decorative gold floral frame with tan and blue boards.
Professionally framed, measures 14.5 in x 12.5 in x 1 in
Written in a small Gothic liturgical script, in brown ink, rubrication and ruling in red. One-line initials in gold on multi-colored temperas with white tracery infill. Black penwork ivy vines with leaves of burnished gold and flowers in blue, red and gold. Four-line initial "O" opens the prayer "O Intemerata..." (O immaculate v...irgin).
Leaf measures 6.8 in x 4.75 in and is mounted within a fine decorative gold floral frame with tan and blue boards.
Professionally framed, measures 14.5 in x 12.5 in x 1 in
