Illuminated Manuscript: Large Gold Initial with Passage from Book of Job
$525 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books
Have mercy upon me, have mercy upon me, at the least you my friends LEAF FROM A 15TH CENTURY BREVIARY FEATURING A LARGE INITIAL ''P Lovely manuscript leaf from a 15th century breviary on vellum containing writing from the book of Job. 14 lines of text on each side scribed in a gothic hand with brown-black ink and red rubrics. Verso contains a beautiful border and lavishly illuminated 7-line initial P. Closely cropped foliate border
- Binding: Leather
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