ca. 1475 · Northern France
by LEAVES FROM A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY
Northern France, ca. 1475. 155 x 110 mm. (6 x 4 1/4"). Single column, 16 lines in a gothic book hand.
Rubrics in dark pink, some leaves with line fillers in pink and blue with white embellishment and gilt bezants, each leaf with at least one (and some with many) one- to three-line initial, either in gilt on a pink and blue ground with white embellishment, or painted blue with white embellishment, filled with flowers or ivy, on a gilt ground, most leaves with one panel border of hairline vines, gilt ivy and bezants, and painted flowers. ◆Occasional light soiling, wrinkling, and other minor imperfections, but generally in fine condition overall, very (truncated)
Rubrics in dark pink, some leaves with line fillers in pink and blue with white embellishment and gilt bezants, each leaf with at least one (and some with many) one- to three-line initial, either in gilt on a pink and blue ground with white embellishment, or painted blue with white embellishment, filled with flowers or ivy, on a gilt ground, most leaves with one panel border of hairline vines, gilt ivy and bezants, and painted flowers. ◆Occasional light soiling, wrinkling, and other minor imperfections, but generally in fine condition overall, very (truncated)