IM-13627: Original leaf from a medieval illuminated 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 sepia and gold ground; one two-line illuminated initial in sepia and gold on a blue ground with white pen-work; two illuminated line-extenders in gold on blue and sepia ground with gold highlights.
France, c. 1460.
Size: 160x100mm – 6.25 x 4 inches.
The nine Old Testament lessons from Job contain moving readings detailing the trials Job endured in his struggle for God’s blessings. The two-line illuminated “P” begins Lesson VIII – Job 19: 20-27: “Pelli…” (The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin…I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth. And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God…).
The two-line illuminated “Q” begins Lesson IX – Job 10: 18-20: “Quare de…” (Why didst thou bring me forth out of the womb: O that I had been consumed that eye might not see me…).
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