Book of Hours Leaf - c 1518 - Printed & Hand-Illuminated

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Original leaf from a printed & hand-illuminated Book of Hours.  Twenty-eight lines of ruled Latin text, printed in black on animal vellum. (178 x 115mm – 7 x 4 ½’’) 

Four illuminated two-line initials and numerous illuminated one-line initials in gold alternating on a red-orange or deep blue ground.

Printed by Gilles Hardouyn & hand-painted in the workshop of Germain Hardouyn - brother of the printer & a highly skilled illuminator.  Paris (Use of Rome), c. 1518.

Noted for its DECORATIVE BORDERS - the paneled surrounds are historiated (containing identifiable scenes or figures) or inhabited forms.

The one-line illuminated “U” continues Litany of the Saints (first prescribed by Pope Gregory in 590 for a public thanksgiving following a plague that ravaged Rome): “Ut mentes…” (That thou vouchsafe to comfort, and keep us in thy holy service, we beseech thee hear us…). 

The two-line illuminated “D” begins Psalm 69 (King James 70) complete: “Deus…” (O God come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.  Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul…Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay).

The two-line illuminated “D” begins:  “Deus cui…” (O God, Whose property is always to have mercy and to spare, receive our petition; that we and all Thy servants who are bound by the chain of sin may, by the compassion of Thy goodness mercifully be absolved).

Presented in an archival 14 x 11'' mat

 

  • Inventory# IM-11591
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