Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from an Antiphonal with Miniature of Saint John the Baptist

by Illuminated Manuscript Leaf

$4,800 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

“O Thou that sanctifiest the waters, have mercy on us” ILLUMINATED ANTIPHONAL LEAF WITH LARGE MINIATURE FEATURING JOHN THE BAPTIST. Magnificent large leaf from an early 16th-century antiphonal. Recto features a large miniature measuring 3.4 x 2.5 inches of John the Baptist seated in a rocky landscape beside a winding river, alluding to the Jordan. He wears the traditional rough brown garment associated with John the Baptist,

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