FROM A SMALL PSALTER-HOURS IN LATIN, WITH IMMENSELY CHARMING MARGINALIA

by Offered Individually Illuminated Vellum Manuscript Leaves

$4,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

France: first half of 14th century . 110 x 82 mm. 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 . Single column, 12 lines in a gothic book hand. Line enders in pink and blue with gold accents, each leaf with one or more one-line initials in blue with red penwork or gold with blue penwork, each leaf with one two line initial painted pink or blue--filled with painted floral motifs or a gold cross, and ONE INHABITED BY HUMAN FACE--all on a gold ground, one side of each leaf with A FULL

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