Illuminated Manuscript Leaf: The Entombment, Miniature from a Book of Hours

by Illuminated Manuscript Leaf

$18,000 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

EXTRAORDINARY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF FEATURING A MINIATURE OF THE ENTOMBMENT BY A FOLLOWER OF JEAN BOURDICHON AND JEAN POYER. C.1500. A stunning leaf from a Book of Hours by an illuminator working in Tours, France, c.1500, in the style of master illuminators Jean Poyer fl. 1483-1503 and Jean Bourdichon c.1459-1521 of the celebrated “School of Tours”. The Entombment, shown in a periscopic view, features figures rendered

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