Lot #: 17765
Sold for $480.
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Description
A calendar leaf from an Italian Book of Hours, written on vellum in the neighbourhood of Ferrara, around 1480.
The decorations of this leaf are extraordinary : the bouquet of flowers at the top, the initials "KL" and the line fillers are in bright colors and of great quality.
At the top of the calendar is not only given the number of days of the month of September, but also of the hours of the day and the night! [ namely 12 for both parts of the day ].
On the left we see the Aure numerus or Golden Numbers, used to determine the date of Easter, the most important feast of the Church. On the 18th of September the sun is in the sign of the Libra. The special days are given in red ink [ the so-called red-letter-days!], e.g. Nativitas bte m vg = the birthday of the blessed virgin Mary: Michael the archangel, Hieronimus and Mathei, apostle and evangelist.
The letter is humanistic with traces of the Gothic book hand.
Reference: br13
The decorations of this leaf are extraordinary : the bouquet of flowers at the top, the initials "KL" and the line fillers are in bright colors and of great quality.
At the top of the calendar is not only given the number of days of the month of September, but also of the hours of the day and the night! [ namely 12 for both parts of the day ].
On the left we see the Aure numerus or Golden Numbers, used to determine the date of Easter, the most important feast of the Church. On the 18th of September the sun is in the sign of the Libra. The special days are given in red ink [ the so-called red-letter-days!], e.g. Nativitas bte m vg = the birthday of the blessed virgin Mary: Michael the archangel, Hieronimus and Mathei, apostle and evangelist.
The letter is humanistic with traces of the Gothic book hand.
Reference: br13
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