Leaf on vellum from a Dutch manuscript Book of Hours.

The border on the recto is in the sophisticated ?fountains?-style with the acanthus leaves in red, green and dark blue. This decoration is often found in books illuminated by the Masters of the Haarlem Bible: these masters take their name from a three-volume Bible made for the Knights of St. John in Haarlem, Holland. This Bible is described in The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting by H. Defoer, et al. 1989.
The initial ?G? is done in wonderful pen work and gold leaf! The rubrics are in red. The text is from the Book of Hours translated into Dutch, probably by Geert Grote: most Books of Hours were in Latin at that time, but Grote thought that even lay men should be able to read religious books!! To help you brush up your medieval Dutch, here is part of the text on this leaf, beginning at the top of the recto:Ghegruet sijstu Barbara heilighe ioncvrouwe Barbara spieghel der claerheit en der reinigheit verlichtende alle die werelt.

Reference: bwh100