Illuminated leaf from Book of Hours

Illuminated leaf from Book of Hours

14 long lines in black ink, ruled and bounded with pale red lines; 1-line, in-text burnished gold capitals on alternating red and blue white-patterned grounds; half-line blue and red white-patterned ribbon line fillers at intervals. Wide border of gold leafy vines with red, blue, pink and green flowers appears to one side of text on each side.

Vellum 146 x 128 mm. (leaf); 132 x 107 mm. (text & border)

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