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Illuminated leaf from a lithurgical Psalter with King David.
Very fine illuminated leaf from a lithurgical Psalter in Latin with the reading from the Vulgate Bible. Lines in a slightly irregular gothic hand, black ink, plummet ruli...
Date: Flanders, Rhineland, or possibly England, c. 1280
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The Poisoned cup of Saint John. [from the Book of Hours in the Suffrages to the Saints].
Painted scene of the Poisoned cup of Saint John. The biblical story goes that the Emperor Diocletian offered St. John a cup of poisoned wine. He survived because he bless...
Date: France, ca.1300
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
Justification : 16x10cm. RECTO: Five 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored red and blue grounds and 3 line fillers in same.VERSO: One 2-line initial A and three 1-...
Date: Paris, ca. 1445
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: Four 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers, with black penwork.VERSO: One 2-line initial and seve...
Date: Western France, ca. 1445
Calendar for February - A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial F in liquid gold on colored grounds and a text line for each day of the month February mentioning nine Saints. colorful panel border in he left ...
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours. (Calendar month of August)
RECTO : Calendar month of August with a 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored ground. colorful panel border in the left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with bla...
Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
14 Lines of text in Latin and three 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds.RECTO: 14 Lines of text in Latin and three 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with ...
Date: France, ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
14 Lines of text in Latin and three 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds.RECTO: 14 Lines of text in Latin and four 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with l...
Date: France, ca.1470
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Charming small manuscript leaf from an French Book of Hours written around 1470 in or near Rouen.RECTO: Four 1-line initials in blue on colored grounds with line fillers ...
Date: France, ca.1470
Miniature of Suffrages to the Saints.
A fantastic miniature (70 x 50 mm.) in an arched compartment showing the Suffrages to the Saints. Depiction of the (50) martyrs being burnt before King''s orders. The sty...
Date: France, Bretagne or Normandy, c. 1480
Leaf on vellum from an Italian manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from an Italian Book of Hours, written on vellum in the neighborhood of Ferrara, around 1480.The decorations of this leaf are extraordinary : the bouquet of flower...
Date: Italy, Ferrara, ca.1480
Miniature of The Crucifixion of Christ.
Page fragment from a Book of Hours with a miniature of the Cruxifiction with Saint Mary and Mary Magdalene in prayer in front of Jesus hung on the cross. This miniature c...
Date: Paris, 1492 - 1494
Manuscript leaf on vellum written in a late Gothic hand.
RECTO: One 1-line initial S in burnished gold on a red and blue ground and one line filler in same.Verso 17 lines of text two initials in red and several filled in with y...
Date: France/Flanders, c.1500
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial showing a bird in fine detail in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: Seven 1-line i...
Date: France, c. 1520
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and seven 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and six line-fillers in sam...
Date: France, ca.1530
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds and six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same...
Date: France, ca. 1530
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: one 2-line illuminated initial in liquid gold on colored ground, seven 1-line initials and line-fillers in same.RECTO: eight 1-line initials in liquid gold on colo...
Date: France, 1520-1540
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and five line-fillers in same.VERSO: Five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and one 2-lines i...
Date: France, 1520-1550