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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 printed Book of Hours with miniature of the Virgin of the Litanies.
The full-page panel depicts The Virgin of the Litanies (120 x 77mm.) with 2 printed lines of text. The verso has 21 lines of printed text, surrounded by renaissance borde...
Date: Paris, Germain Hardouyn, c.1520-1540
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
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 an antiphonary.
A large vellum antiphonary leaf, written in Latin , probably Rome. RECTO: A wonderful initial ,Q, decorated with penwork in red, white and blue, in rich burnished gold.VE...
Date: Italy, 1480
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
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
Leaf on vellum from an antiphonary.
A large vellum antiphonary leaf, written in Latin, probably Rome. RECTO: A wonderful initial ,Q, decorated with pen work in red, white and blue, in rich burnished gold.VE...
Date: Italy, 1480
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