(165x110mm 6.5 x 4.25’’) Original leaf from a printed & hand-illuminated Book of Hours. Twenty-nine lines of ruled Latin text, printed in black on animal vellum.
Two illuminated two-line initials and seventeen illuminated one-line initials in gold alternating on a red-orange or deep blue ground.
Printed by Gilles Hardouyn & hand-painted in the workshop of Germain Hardouyn - brother of the printer & a highly skilled illuminator. Paris (Use of Rome), c. 1518.
Noted for its DECORATIVE BORDERS - the paneled surrounds are historiated (containing identifiable scenes or figures) or inhabited – some with original hand-coloring.
The one-line illuminated “A” begins Psalm 41 (King James 42) 8-12: “Abyssus” (Deep calleth on deep, at the noise of thy flood-gates. All thy heights and thy billows have passed over me…).
The one-line illuminated “S” begins Psalm 41 (King James 42) 3-12: “Sitivit…” (My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God? …Hope thou in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God).
The nine lessons from Job contain moving readings from Job detailing the trials he endured in his struggle for God’s blessings The two-line illuminated “S” begins Lesson VII - Job 17: 1-3, 11-15: “Spiritus meus…” (My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me…).
The two-line illuminated “P” begins Lesson VIII– Job 19: 22-23: “Pelli…” (The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin…).
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