Leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
Leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Northern France, c.1430s]
Frame 14.5 x 19.5cm; observable image 9.5 x 15cm. 13 lines, written in a gothic bookhand, one-line initials in burnished gold on blue and red grounds with white tracery, similar line-endings, a two-line initial with accompanying foliate and flowerhead marginal spray in penwork and gold; framed and glazed with both recto and verso visible under the glass.
An attractive, wide-margined leaf with text from the Office of the Dead; the large initial on the recto opens Psalm 120, recited at vespers, ‘Levavi oculos meos in montes: unde veniet auxilium mihi…’ (I have lifted up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence help shall come to me). The style of illumination is consistent with Books of Hours produced in Paris and northern France, made to meet the private devotional needs of wealthy patrons. Sister leaves which have appeared on the market have been described as being for use in the diocese of Coutances in Normandy.
[FtC 481]
Leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Northern France, c.1430s]
Frame 14.5 x 19.5cm; observable image 9.5 x 15cm. 13 lines, written in a gothic bookhand, one-line initials in burnished gold on blue and red grounds with white tracery, similar line-endings, a two-line initial with accompanying foliate and flowerhead marginal spray in penwork and gold; framed and glazed with both recto and verso visible under the glass.
An attractive, wide-margined leaf with text from the Office of the Dead; the large initial on the recto opens Psalm 120, recited at vespers, ‘Levavi oculos meos in montes: unde veniet auxilium mihi…’ (I have lifted up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence help shall come to me). The style of illumination is consistent with Books of Hours produced in Paris and northern France, made to meet the private devotional needs of wealthy patrons. Sister leaves which have appeared on the market have been described as being for use in the diocese of Coutances in Normandy.
[FtC 481]
Leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum
[Northern France, c.1430s]
Frame 14.5 x 19.5cm; observable image 9.5 x 15cm. 13 lines, written in a gothic bookhand, one-line initials in burnished gold on blue and red grounds with white tracery, similar line-endings, a two-line initial with accompanying foliate and flowerhead marginal spray in penwork and gold; framed and glazed with both recto and verso visible under the glass.
An attractive, wide-margined leaf with text from the Office of the Dead; the large initial on the recto opens Psalm 120, recited at vespers, ‘Levavi oculos meos in montes: unde veniet auxilium mihi…’ (I have lifted up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence help shall come to me). The style of illumination is consistent with Books of Hours produced in Paris and northern France, made to meet the private devotional needs of wealthy patrons. Sister leaves which have appeared on the market have been described as being for use in the diocese of Coutances in Normandy.
[FtC 481]