Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours. 15 lines of red-ruled Latin text, in dark brown ink, on animal vellum. (197 x 138mm).
One two-line illuminated initial in blue with delicate white penwork & an interior floral design in red and blue on a burnished gold ground, & extending into the margin with a rinceaux floral design in red, green, blue & burnished gold.; ten one-line illuminated initials & eight illuminated line-extenders in burnished gold on red & blue ground with delicate white penwork.
The text is surrounded on 3 sides with an elegant rinceaux panel border in a delicate floral motif with ivy leaves in red, blue, green, orange & burnished gold. One illuminated bar extends beyond the length of the text in red, blue & burnished gold.
Northern France (Paris), c. 1420-40.
The one-line illuminated ''A'' begins Psalm 45 (King James 46) 10-12: ''Auferens...'' (Making wars to cease even to the end of the earth...).
The two-line illuminated ''F'' begins Psalm 86 (KJ 87) 1-7: ''Fundamenta...'' (The foundations thereof are in the holy mountains: The Lord loveth the gates of Sion above all the tabernacles of Jacob. Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God. I will be mindful of Rahab and of Babylon knowing me. Behold the foreigners, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians, these were there. Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? And the Highest himself hath founded her...).
Shipped in archival 14x11'' mat
