TEXT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD

by With A. Miniature Of A. Burial An Illuminated

$8,500 · 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 dark pink and blue with a gilt bezant, several one-line initials in burnished gold on dark pink and blue ground with white tracery, one three-line initial in blue with white tracery, filled with flowers painted pink or blue, all on a gold ground, verso with panel border

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