Browse Listings in Medieval & Oriental Manuscripts > Medieval manuscripts
BOOK OF HOURS.
Leaf from a Parisian book of hours, written in a very regular gothic book hand, darkbrown ink. Recto:15 lines of text, one large 2-line initial in burnished gold on blue ...
Place & Date: France, Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $1200
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BOOK OF HOURS.
Leaf from a Parisian book of hours, 16 lines of text, in dark brown and red ink.RECTO:Start of the hours of the Holy Cross (in red ink). A very large illuminated 5-line c...
Place & Date: France, Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $1400
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-line initial in burnished gold on colored red and blue grounds, with three-sided illuminated panel borders of fine gold leaves and colored flowers sprouting ...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $550
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Renaissance Panel Painting circa 1440
Renaissance Panel Painting - An original panel painting on wood circa 1440?s probably from the Swabia (Southwest Germany) region. The panel appears to be from a Master pa...
Place & Date: Swabia (Southwest Germany) circa 1440
Selling price: $3500
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Medieval Book of Hours (Hours of the Virgin) - opening of the Hours of Vespers.
A beautifully worked leaf from a medieval manuscript BOOK OF HOURS. 16 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin with dark brown ink in Gothic textura script on anima...
Place & Date: Rouen, ca. 1440
Selling price: $975
Sold in 2009
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground, six 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grounds and four line filler...
Place & Date: France, ca. 1440
Selling price: $475
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: One 2-lines initial decorated with flower in liquid gold on colored grounds, very good condition.
Place & Date: France, 1420-1440
Selling price: $250
Sold in 2016
Leaf from a book of hours, containing the "'Litany" of all Saints.
A decorative leaf stating 31 Saints. RECTO: Fifteen 1-line initials in burnished gold or blue on colored grounds and thirteen line-fillers. VERSO: Sixteen 1-line initials...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1440
Selling price: $230
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Manuscript leaf from a book of hours on vellum, written in dark brown ink, 16 lines of text in two sizes. Written in a regular upright gothic book hand. RECTO: two 2-line...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1440
Selling price: $375
Sold in 2009
Extremely large leaf from a Parisian Book of Hours.
Because of size and refined illumination, this must have been a book of high importance.On vellum, written in two sizes of an experienced gothic bookhand. RECTO:18 lines...
Place & Date: France / Paris 1440
Selling price: $600
Sold in 2011
Very large leaf from a Parisian book of hours. on vellum.
18 lines of text, in brown ink, written in a regular and clean gothic book hand. RECTO: a large 2-line illuminated initials in colors and sparkling burnished gold infill...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1440
Selling price: $550
Sold in 2015
Manuscript leaf on vellum from a Flemish book of hours.
20 lines of tex. written in brown ink in an upright gothic book hand. RECTO: Nine 1-line initials, 5 of them in burnished gold and black penwork, 4 of them in blue on red...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca 1440
Selling price: $175
Sold in 2012
Double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
Double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, written in black bright script. RECTO: On the righthand page is a large 5-line illuminated initial in burnished gold o...
Place & Date: France/Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $650
Sold in 2015
A large double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
A large double-leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, 16 lines of text in black, in a strong Gothic bookhand. Starting the office of the deceased. RECTO: The right...
Place & Date: France/Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2015
BOOK OF HOURS
Double-leaf from a book of hours, on vellum, 15 lines of text, written in dark brown ink, in an upright Gothic book hand. RECTO: On the right leaf is a fine 3/4 page mini...
Place & Date: France / Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $2101
Sold in 2013
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, 16 lines of text in black, in a strong Gothic book hand. Starting the office of the deceased. RECTO: The right-hand page show...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $850
Sold in 2020
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum.
Leaf from a French book of hours, on vellum, 16 lines of text in black, in a strong Gothic book hand.VERSO with a 2-lines initial in red, blue and burnished gold.
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1440
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2020
A manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours.
VERSO: One 2-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds. colorful panel border in he left margin of acanthus leaves and flowers, with black penwork.RECTO : Panel as o...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1445
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2016
Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
RECTO: 1 two-line capital in red on burnished gold and colored ground beginning the text "Domine non est exaltatum cor meu(s).." Three-sided illuminated borders...
Place & Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $600
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Missal.
Leaf from a French missal, written on vellum in a regular gothic bookhand, in darkbrown ink, parts of the text written in red ink. In two columns.RECTO: The hairside of t...
Place & Date: France Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
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Missal.
Large leaf on vellum, from a French medieval missal. RECTO:29 lines of text in a regular gothic bookhand. Four 2-line initialsin red or blue surrounded with penwork in th...
Place & Date: France-Rouen. ca.1450
Selling price: $150
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a breviary (A liturgical book used for the celebration of the Divine Office. All members of monastic orders and the clergy are committed to t...
Place & Date: 1450
Selling price: $120
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Vellum leaf from a book of hours.
RECTO: 15 lines of text, one large initial "B" 2 lines high, illuminated in blue and red with white tracery, and heightened with burnished gold, four smaller in...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $275
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: 1 four-line initial and 2 large one-line initials in burnished gold on colored grounds.RECTO:17 lines of text written in Latin in a clear gothic book hand.From an ...
Place & Date: Northern France (Paris), ca 1450
Selling price: $135
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Manuscript leaf from a book of hours on vellum.
12 lines of text in darkbrown ink. RECTO: written in two sizes in an upright gothic bookhand. One 2-line illuminated initial, "Confitebor tibi d(omi)ne in toto cord...
Place & Date: Flanders, ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2010
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, use unknown, Northern France.Fourteen lines of monastic Textura script with two 1-line initials in blue ink on red pen wo...
Place & Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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Leaf in manuscript, written in Latin on vellum.
RECTO: one 2-line and six 1-line initials in burnished gold and colors, on the right-hand side a bar border in gold and colors. 3-sided illuminated borders with multicolo...
Place & Date: Belgium 1450
Selling price: $160
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, use unknown, Northern France.Fourteen lines of monastic Textura script with two 1-line initials in gold on blue grounds a...
Place & Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, use unknown, Northern France.Fourteen lines of monastic Textura script with two 1-line initials in gold on blue grounds a...
Place & Date: Northern France, circa 1450
Selling price: $110
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line initial and four 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold and one 1-...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $210
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line initial and one 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with three 2-line initial and three 1-line initials in...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $170
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautifully decorated vellum leaf from a Book of Hours, written in France around 1450. The decoration : penwork with all 17 initials in red, blue and black: gold leaf o...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $232
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautifully decorated vellum leaf from a Book of Hours, written in France around 1450. The decoration : penwork with all initials in red, blue and black; gold leaf on m...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $225
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and three 1-line capitals in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: one 2-line capital in burnished go...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $240
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf on heavy vellum from a Parisian book of hours. Recto: 15 lines of text, written in dark brown ink, in different sizes of a neat Gothic book hand. One large 4-line in...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $300
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Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
The flesh side of the vellum has a large 2-line initial illuminated initial "H" in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily burnished gold ground....
Place & Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $460
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Every Book of Hours started with a calendar : the purpose of it was the same as today - look up a birthday! Namely that of the saint of that day, whose birthday was celeb...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $220
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
VERSO: 1 large two-lines initials in burnished gold on colored grounds and 8 one-line initials and 8 line-fillers in sameRECTO:1 two-line initial and 6 one-line initials ...
Place & Date: Northern France (Paris), ca 1450
Selling price: $200
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Miniature of Christ speaking to his disciples.
Fine miniature from a Book of Hours made in Paris, ca 1450.In the center an extra ordinary fine miniature (7x5cm) of Christ and his disciples. With a 4-line capital in go...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $2450
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Book of Hours, Manuscript leaf on vellum
RECTO: One 2-line capital in line blue with extensive contrasting penwork in red, four 1-line capitals in burnished gold, with extensive contrasting penwork in red or blu...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $190
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Manuscript leaf, on vellum from a book of hours.
The flesh side of the vellum has 2 large 2-line initials illuminated initials "G" and "M" in blue and red with white heightening, on a very heavily bu...
Place & Date: Paris, 1450
Selling price: $155
Sold in 2021
Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the neat, regular script : the letters are for...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $150
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and one line-filler in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: Plain text with one line and one letter i...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $165
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Ten 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored red and blue grounds and 6 line fillers in same.VERSO: Twelve 1-line initials in burnished gold on colored red and...
Place & Date: Paris, ca. 1450
Selling price: $400
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the neat, regular script : the letters are for...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: 8 lines of text in Latin.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $150
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line initial and two 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with three 1-line initials in burnished gold.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $120
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: 14 lines of text in Latin.VERSO: 14 lines of text in Latin.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $30
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground, one 2-line initial and five 1-line initials in liquid gold on colored grou...
Place & Date: France 1450
Selling price: $240
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers, insects, animal eating a leaf and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school, probably the Master o...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $2500
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school, probably the Master of the David Scenes in the Grima...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $3000
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school. 7-lines capital "O" in burnished gold on red and blue...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1050
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.VERSO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink. A 6-lines capital \&...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $750
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a bear. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.VERSO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink. A 6-lines...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1000
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: A 5-lines capital "O" and a 1-line capital.VERSO: 19 lines of text in brown ink.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $210
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: A 5-lines capital "O" and a 1-line capital.VERSO: 19 lines of text in brown ink.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: Three 2-lines capitals.VERSO: One 2-lines capital.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: Seven 1-line capitals.VERSO: Seven 1-line capitals.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $100
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: One 2-line capital in burnished gold with extensive pen work in blue and three line-filler in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $170
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: 14 lines of text in Latin.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initials in burnished gold.
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $190
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Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the recto has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $140
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours*, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the elaborate pen work decoration in red, blu...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $250
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Handwritten leaf on vellum.
RECTO": justfication: 140 x 85 mm.16 lines of text in a good gothic bookhand, black ink.Large Initial "D"eus, 50 x 35 mm. 4 lines high in blue and purple w...
Place & Date: Paris 1450
Selling price: $750
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BOOK OF HOURS.
Leaf from a Flemish book of hours, on vellum. 13 lines of text, written in dark brown ink. Recto: the fleshside of the vellum, one large capital "A" in blue wit...
Place & Date: Flanders ca. 1450
Selling price: $175
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Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the recto has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $200
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Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line capitals in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue and one 1-line capital in burnished gold and blue.VERSO: one 2-line capital in burnished gold ...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $300
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Miniature of Christ and his apostles.
Fine miniature from a Book of Hours made in Paris, ca 1450.In the center an extra ordinary fine miniature (7x5cm) of Christ and his apostles set in a wide landscape. With...
Place & Date: Paris ca. 1450
Selling price: $1850
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Leaf from a Flemish prayerbook.
Large leaf from a Flemish prayerbook written in darkbrown ink and illuminated. Recto: 20 lines of text written in a regular batarde hand. Two 2-line illuminated initials ...
Place & Date: Flanders c. 1450
Selling price: $200
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Book of Hours.
Leaf on vellum from a French book of hours, written in dark brown ink in a tight Gothic bookhand. Recto: 15 lines of text, one 2-line initial in burnished gold on red and...
Place & Date: France, Paris ca, 1450
Selling price: $275
Sold in 2009
2 Leaves of vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: 1 four-line (letter R) in burnished gold, on blue grounds. Two-sided illuminated borders of penwork with gold dots, green leafed branches with multicolored and ora...
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $1200
Sold in 2012
Leaf of vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
VERSO: 2 two-line initials in burnished gold, on blue grounds and 4 one-line initials in gold or blue with penwork One-sided illuminated borders of penwork with gold dots...
Place & Date: France, c.1450
Selling price: $300
Sold in 2008
Manuscript leaf on vellum.
RECTO: Two 2-line initial and four 1-line capital in burnished gold with extensive penwork in blue.VERSO: Plain text with one 2-line initial and three 1-line initials in ...
Place & Date: Flanders ca.1450
Selling price: $200
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
RECTO: Panel border of acanthus leaves and flowers on a partly liquid gold and dark red ground, five 1-line initial in liquid gold on colored grounds and two line filler ...
Place & Date: France c.1450
Selling price: $325
Sold in 2008
Leaf on vellum from a French manuscript Book of Hours.
A beautiful vellum leaf from a French Book of Hours, written in the north, Rouen?The decoration on the recto has ivy leaves with gold leaf and colored flowers. There are ...
Place & Date: Rouen ca. 1450
Selling price: $170
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours*, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the elaborate pen work decoration in red, blu...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $220
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a cock and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.RECTO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1600
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
Scatter border of flowers and a cock and a bird. Borders of very high quality, executed by an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school.RECTO: 19 lines of Dutch text in brown ink...
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $1450
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
A very nice vellum leaf of a French Book of Hours*, written around 1450 in Paris [or Rouen ?]. The first thing we observe is the elaborate pen work decoration in red, blu...
Place & Date: France ca. 1450
Selling price: $230
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Leaf on vellum from a manuscript Book of Hours.
Leaf on vellum from a French Book of Hours, written around 1450. The decoration on the verso has flowers and leaves in bright colors and gold. There is 1 large initial de...
Place & Date: France ca.1450
Selling price: $180
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Leaf on vellum, from a manuscript book of hours.
RECTO: Three 2-lines capitals.VERSO: One 2-lines capital.
Place & Date: Flanders, 1450
Selling price: $220
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