c 1460 Breviary Leaf - "For God so loved the world..."

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Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Breviary. Ruled for 27 lines of Latin text, written in double columns with dark brown & red ink in fine rounded gothic book hand on animal vellum.  (150 x 118mm – 5 7/8 x 4 5/8’’)

Five two-line illuminated initials alternating in red with delicate violet penwork and blue with delicate red penwork – all extending in to the margins.

Northern Italy (Padua?), c. 1460.

The two-line illuminated “ F” (recto) begins Acts 2:6 : “Facta autem hac voce…” (And when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded in mind, because that every man heard them speak in his own tongue).

The two-line “I” (verso) begins John 3:16: “In illo tempore…” (And at that time, he said to his disciples: For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting).  

The next two-line illuminated “S” begins John 3:14-15:  “Sicut Moyses…” (And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up:  that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting…).

A Breviary is composed of many books (prayers, hymns, psalms...) painstakingly but carefully written by hand, & used by monks & priests to conduct daily services. 

Presented in an archival 14 x 11'' mat

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