Live auction - Lot 86
[Miniature]
Illuminated vellum leaf of a printed Book of Hours.
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
[Paris?, ca. 1520]
1 f. (14 x 9,5 cm).
Fine hand-coloured engraving of St John on Pathmos surrounded by a Renaissance framework. The text, the opening chapter of the Gospel of John, is printed in Gothic textura. On verso, a Calendar containing a Litany of saints celebrated in December (Barbara, Nicolas, Lucy, etc.).
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