c 1500 Book of Hours Leaf - Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary

$95.00

Original leaf from a French medieval illuminated manuscript Book of Hours. 13 lines of hand-ruled text written in Latin with dark brown ink in fine lettre bâtarde script on animal vellum.

One two-line illuminated initial in burnished gold on a red and blue ground

Origin:  Paris, France circa 1500.

Size:  110 x 75mm – 4.25 x 2.9 inches, from a diminutive manuscript likely written for a lady.              

The leaf continues the section of prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The two-line illuminated “V” begins:   “Venite exultemus domino…” (Come let us rejoice in the Lord…).

Provenance:   ex-collection of Brooklyn Museum of Art, acquired in 1919.  Deaccessioned and sold to support the museum collection.

Shipped unmatted

  • Inventory# IM-13312