Lot #: 16974
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours. |
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Description
A manuscript leaf in a very good condition from a Book of Hours, written in Paris around 1520. The text is in a very regular hand in classic script in brown/black with the rubrics in red. Around the text is a cord-like decoration colored with liquid gold. The initials are in gold on a background of blue or red.
The large initial on the recto has a very fine decoration? it is the initial of Psalm 29: we find this psalm in the Office of the Dead, Matins : Psalmus canti in dedicatione domus David
A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.
Reference: ln11
The large initial on the recto has a very fine decoration? it is the initial of Psalm 29: we find this psalm in the Office of the Dead, Matins : Psalmus canti in dedicatione domus David
A psalm of a canticle, at the dedication of David's house.
Reference: ln11
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