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.
Fourteen illuminated one-line initials in gold alternating on red and blue ground with gold penwork.
Elaborate panel borders in geometric shapes with acanthus & floral motifs (including strawberries – symbol of perfect righteousness, red roses – symbol of martyrdom, and columbine – symbol of the Holy Spirit) – much on liquid gold ground.
The “d” in “munda” extends into the margin in the shape of a heart!
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 one-line “Q” begins Psalm 50 (King James 51) 5-18: “Quoniam…” (For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me. To thee only have I sinned…For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me. Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice…).
Presented in an archival 14x11'' mat
