FROM A LARGE BOOK OF HOURS, WITH TEXT IN LATIN

by An Illuminated Vellum Manuscript Leaf With Charming Border

$600 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

France probably Besançon : 3rd quarter of 15th century . 239 x 165 mm. 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 . Single column, 15 lines in an elegant gothic book hand. Rubrics in dark pink, line enders in pink and blue with white tracery and gold bezant, several one-line initials and one two-line initial in burnished gold on dark pink and blue ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border composed of hairline vines with gold ivy and bezants, a few colorful

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