NO RESERVE Book of Hours.- Single leaf from a book of Hours, printed in Latin, on vellum, 26 lines with many 1-line initials and two 2-line initials, picked out in red and blue and heightened in gold, text set within elaborate woodcut border, with eight frames depicting scenes from the Last Supper, Judas Iscariot's betrayal, the Garden of Gethsemane and Judas' suicide, and panels with intricate foliage and mythical fauna, small amounts of staining along inner gutter (not affecting border) otherwise edges lightly browned, upper and lower edge laid down to mount with tape, mount browned, 177 x c.116mm., [?Paris], [?Gilles Hardouin], [?c.1520].

⁂ The style of this leaf, with ornate woodcut border and colour decorations, closely recalls the work of the Hardouin brothers in Paris, whose printed books of Hours deliberately mimicked the beauty of illuminated manuscripts. The specific scenes depicted in the border (in order): Christ raising the chalice of wine at the Last Supper; Judas accepting the 30 pieces of silver from the Pharisees; Christ washing the disciple's feet; Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane while the disciples sleep; the arrival of the soldiers in the Garden; Judas identifying Christ with a kiss; Judas returning the silver; Judas hanging himself from a tree with devils beside him.