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. (160 x 103mm - 6 1/4 x 4 1/8'')
Rubrics in red & line ending in red with liquid gold infill. One illuminated two-line initial in liquid gold on blue ground; fifteen 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) – 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 two-line “D” begins Psalm 101 (King James 102) 1-12: “Domine…” (Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee. Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day so ever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily…).
An attractive leaf from a notable known medieval workshop. This leaf shows evidence of devotional use, and has a small hole in the blank inner margin.
Presented in an archival 14 x 11'' mat
