Original leaf from a manuscript Book of Hours. 22 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin in gothic book-hand script on animal vellum.(160x103mm)
Rubrics in red & line ending in red with liquid gold infill. One illuminated two-line initial in white with a floral interior on gold ground; two illuminated one-line initials in gold alternating on red and blue ground with gold penwork.
Elaborate panel borders with acanthus & floral motifs on liquid gold ground. The border, verso, includes a wonderful whimsical winged dragon!!
Northern France, c. 1510-20.
From the workshop of Jean Coene (also known as the Master of the Paris Entries), a prolific artist who was active in Paris for the French court under Louis XII and Francis I, and also collaborated with the workshop of the Master Jean Pichoire. Coene’s quick painting technique and the careful finish of his miniatures led him to be one of the most successful artists for a high-ranking clientele in early sixteenth-century Paris.
The two-line “M” begins Psalm 50 (King James 51): 1-4: “Miserere…” (Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity…).
Presented in an archival 14x11'' mat
