Original leaf from a manuscript Book of Hours. 22 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin in gothic book-hand script on animal vellum.(160x103mm)
Rubrics in red & line ending in red with liquid gold infill. One two-line illuminated initial in gold on blue ground with delicate white penwork; one one-line illuminated initial in gold on red ground with gold penwork.
Elaborate panel borders in geometric shapes with acanthus & floral motifs (including thistles – symbol of the Passion of Christ) – much on liquid gold ground.
Northern France, c. 1510-20.
From the workshop of Jean Coene (also known as the Master of the Paris Entries), a prolific artist who was active in Paris for the French court under Louis XII and Francis I, and also collaborated with the workshop of the Master Jean Pichoire. Coene’s quick painting technique and the careful finish of his miniatures led him to be one of the most successful artists for a high-ranking clientele in early sixteenth-century Paris.
The text continues Lesson VII – Job 17:12-15: (The nine lessons from Job contain moving readings from Job detailing the trials he endured in his struggle for God’s blessings): “Noctem…” (They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again…).
The two-line illuminated “P” begins Lesson VIII: Job 19: 20-26: “Pelli…” (The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin…I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth…).
Presented in an archival 14x11'' mat
