Live auction - Lot 85
[Miniature]
Decorated vellum leaf of a Latin Book of Hours or Missal.
[France, Bourges?, beginning of the 16th c.]
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
1 f. (18,5 x 13 cm), expertly written in brown and blue ink (writing area 12 x 7,5 cm), one- and two-line initials in blue and gold, capitals touched in light yellow.
In very good condition.
Top margin and fore-edge margin decorated with red, green and blue flowers on a gold and brown background. Bottom margin with a nice country scene between ionic golden pillars, depicting a bird and a flying insect.
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