TEXT FROM COMPLINE, HOURS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

by A Fine Medieval Illuminated Vellum Manuscript Leaf From

$1,600 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Paris: ca. 1430 . 191 x 140 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 . Single column, 16 lines, in an elegant gothic book hand. Rubrics in gold, line-fillers with color foliate and geometric designs on burnished gold ground, three two-line initials in blue or pink enclosing colored vines with foliage on gold ground, BOTH SIDES WITH A DENSE RINCEAUX BORDER consisting of colorful acanthus, flowers, and many hairline vines terminating in gold leaves, ivy and seed pods, and

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