Book of Hours Leaf - Unusual creature sprouting from a tree!

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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 illuminated two-line initial in white on a gold ground with floral interior of red and green; thirteen illuminated one-line initials in gold alternating on red and blue ground with gold penwork.

Northern France, c. 1510-20.

Elaborate panel borders with acanthus & floral motifs on liquid gold ground. The border, verso, includes an unusual creature sprouting from a tree!!

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 illuminated “F” begins Psalm 64 (King James 65):  10-14: “Flumen…” (The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation. Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers. Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy fields shall be filled with plenty…).

The two-line illuminated “D” begins Psalm 62:1-8:  “Deus…” (O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hast thirsted…).  

Presented in an archival 14x11'' mat

  • Inventory# IM-11398
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