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c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine
c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine
c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine
c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine
c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine
c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine
c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine

c1460 Illuminated Manuscript Vellum Leaf from a Book of Hours Large Initial Vine

$ 237.6

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Description

Book of Hours: France, c1460.
Fine original 15th-century illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, most likely produced in a French scriptorium around 1460.
All text is in Latin gothic script, written in brown ink with a large gold heightened decorative initial, rubricated lettering and an intricate acanthus vine leaf border. The large initial B is burnished in gold, filled and flourished with blue acanthus leaves extending out along the border on a vine with smaller red, blue and green leaves.
Everything has been done by hand--from the making of vellum out of animal skin, to the scribe inking the text and the illuminator embellishing with color & decorative touches.
Condition: As shown, on vellum in good condition with only minor evidence of storing, previous trimming along top edge, and a few signs of age to outer margins 12.5 x 9.5 cm.