(160x100mm – 6.25 x 4’’) Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours. 25 lines, of red-ruled Latin in dark brown ink, written in fine gothic script on animal vellum with rubrics in blue.
One two-line illuminated initial in blue and white on a red ground with gold pen-work; fifteen one-line illuminated initials and fourteen line-extenders (four in a branch-like form) in gold on alternating blue, red and sepia ground with gold highlights.
France, c. 1460.
The one-line illuminated “Q” begins Psalm 29 (King James 30) 6-13: “Quonium…” (For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness. And in my abundance I said: I shall never be moved. O Lord, in thy favor, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled. To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God…).
The two-line illuminated “E” begins Psalm 39 (KJ 40) 1-4: “Expectans…” (With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me. And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps…).
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