c 1480-1500 Book of Hours Leaf - Floral border with bird & snail

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Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours. 22 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin with dark brown ink in lettre bâtarde script on animal vellum. (157x103mm – 6.18 x 4”)

Rubrics in blue. Two illuminated two-line initials in white & gray acanthus with floral infill on liquid gold ground; eight illuminated one-line initials in gold, on red or blue; Elaborately decorated panel borders illuminated in colors & liquid gold with a floral and geometric design with a bird (recto) and snail (verso)  

Northern France, c. 1480-1500

The illuminated two-line “D” begins Psalm 66 (King James 67) complete: “Deus misereatur…” (May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.  That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations. Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to thee.  Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth. Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee: the earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us, may God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him). 

The illuminated two-line “B” begins Daniel 3:57-60: “Benedicite…” (All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever…).

Presented in an archival 14 x 11'' mat

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