Original leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript Book of Hours. 14 lines of hand-ruled text written in Latin with dark brown ink in fine Gothic script on animal vellum.
Six one-line illuminated initials in liquid gold on alternating red and blue ground.
Origin: Flanders circa 1475.
Size: 90 x 67mm – 3 ½ x 2 5/8 inches, from a diminutive manuscript likely written for a lady.
The one-line illuminated “N” begins Psalm 76:” begins part of Psalm 76 (King James 77) 3: “In die tribulationis…” (In the days of my tribulation I sought you and was not deceived…).
Shipped unmatted
