A leaf from a Book of Hours, circa 1450, French, Use of Troyes (Burgundy), in Latin, on vellum (150 x 112 mm.). There are fourteen lines of gothic script with five versal initials in embossed gold on rectangular grounds of red and blue inks infilled with white tendrils, numerous rectangular line fillers alternating in red and blue inks infilled with white tendrils and doted with embossed gold. Verso: fourteen lines of gothic script with four versal initials in embossed gold on rectangular grounds of red and blue inks infilled with white tendrils, numerous rectangular line fillers alternating in red and blue inks infilled with white tendrils and doted with embossed gold. Condition of this leaf is Fine [F]. . |