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Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript

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Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript

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Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Italy (Ferrara or Cremona), c. 1470]

Single leaf, with double column of 36 lines of a tiny gothic bookhand, red rubrics, one-line initials in red or blue, 2-line initials in gold on green, blue and pink grounds, one large initial in dark pink enclosing a human figure picked out in fine white brushstrokes on a rich blue ground, all on wide gold grounds and with stylised flower-heads and gold bezants suspended within densely scrolling penwork in margin, a few small spots, else excellent condition, 184 by 128mm.

This leaf from the collection of Roger Martin (1939-2020) of Grimsby.

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Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript

Name: Leaf from a Breviary, with a fine historiated initial, in Latin, illuminated manuscript
SKU: 130453085
Price: 750 GBP
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