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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/21/2012
Original Leaf from a late medieval manuscript prayer book, the Book Of Hours. 20 lines of text rulled in red, with rubrics in red. line endings in red & blue, with liquid gold infill. Written in angular gothic bookhand on animal vellum. two-line initial in white & gray acanthus with floral infill on gold grounds. Elabaorate panel borders on both sides. France: Rouen; Use of Rouen c. 1490-1500.
Very Fine execution, closely related to the master of the Geneva Latini.
15th century Book of Hours Leaf
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