A beautiful leaf from a Paris Book of Hours, is an excellent example of the transition from the hand written work to mechanical printing. This leaf was printed on vellum by Hardouin, who had his workshop near Notre Dame.

A beautiful leaf from a Paris Book of Hours, is an excellent example of the transition from the hand written work to mechanical printing. This leaf was printed on vellum by Hardouin, who had his workshop near Notre Dame. The initials are done by hand in Liquid Gold on Geometric grounds of alternating red and blue with line infills in alternating red and blue. The pictures depict dancing people, fabulous animals, putti and men with skulls. The text is from Psalm 70:2-5 and Vespers. A Certificate of Authenticity and a transcription and translation of part of the Manuscript is provided.