Two Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Leaves, Book of Hours, France, 15th Century A.D.

(Two Illuminated Manuscripts)

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Item No.

32.37007

Culture

France, 15th Century A.D. 

Item Details.

From matins and lauds in the Office of the Virgin, card mounts. Original leaves from a small medieval "Book of Hours". Written on the two sides of the leaf. Fourteen lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin with dark brown ink in gothic script on vellum. Illuminated initials alternating in blue with red pen-work, and gold with blue pen-work.
"Book of Hours" are personal prayer books of a devout and status-conscious society and not only works of art, but cultural documents of their time.

Provenance: ex. Christie’s, London S.K. Reference: See the Hours of Luis Malet de Graville, San Marino, Huntington Library, ms. HM 1163).

Size

10.4 cm x 7.1 cm - 4 1/16 inches x 2 3/4 inches

Material

Vellum 

Condition

Part of a larger manuscript  

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Price.

US$ 700

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