A unique vellum manuscript leaf with small black and red Gothic script in 2 font sizes. Alternating red and blue hand colored initials. Likely from a breviary or prayer book written around 1390 in a French scriptorium.
The writing is on extremely fine, thin vellum. The vellum leaf is in very good condition with occasional spotting or soiling in the margins, slight soiling, pencil foliation etc. 4.5in x 3.25in (112 mm x 85 mm) |