TEXT FROM JULY AND AUGUST

by A Medieval Illuminated Vellum Calendar Leaf From The

$5,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

Italy Ferrara : 1441-48 . 205 x 200 mm. 8 x 7 7/8 . 35 lines in a very fine rounded gothic hand. Text in dark brown and red, capitals touched with yellow, two four-line KL initials in blue, pink, and green on burnished gold ground with leafy marginal extensions, the initials on the recto crowned with an exuberant spray of green, blue, and gold acanthus, hairline tendrils, pink flowers, and gilt bezants and leaves, the verso initials with a long bar

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