Leaf from the Suffrages of Saints with two small square miniatures of SS. Michael the Archangel and John the Baptist, from a Book of Hours, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [France (Paris), c. 1480]

Single leaf with two small miniatures in realistic gilt frames, with decorated borders of acanthus and other foliage on blank parchment or dull-gold grounds on three sides (recto with a snarling dragon in the border; verso with a dog-like creature biting its own leg), one- and 2-line initials in liquid gold on burgundy or pale blue grounds, rubrics in bright blue, capitals touched in yellow, single column of 21 lines of a late gothic bookhand, modern pencil folio no. '118', small spots and stains, else excellent condition, 178 by 118mm.

From the collection of Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby.