Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours, with illuminations by a Master of the Boucicaut School. 15 lines of red-ruled, Latin text, written with dark brown ink in gothic book-hand script on animal vellum. (127 x 92mm)
Three two-line illuminated initials in burnished gold on blue and pink ground extending into the margin with a delicate rinceaux design in burnished gold, red and blue; one illuminated line-extender in burnished gold and deep blue.
Northern France (Paris), c. 1420-30.
The two-line illuminated ''M'' begins: ''Memento mei...''. (Remember me O Christ, Redeemer of the world, who alone is without sin...).
The two-line illuminated ''P'' begins ''Pax domini...'' (Peace of the Lord, Face of the Lord, Body of the Lord, Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ...). The two-line illuminated ''S'' begins: ''Salve sancta...'' *Hail holy Christ, sent from heaven...).
Provenance: Sotheby's - ex G. Barilla of Geneva, and formerly Frederick Fowler collection (England c. 1820's).
Presented in an archival 14x11'' mat