Paris Workshop.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book
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Paris Workshop.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book of Hours with large arched miniature depicting The Presentation in the Temple, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single column on verso, in a late Gothic bookhand, 3 lines on recto and 22 lines on verso, in brown and red ink, miniature depicting The Virgin Mary in a sacred building with a gothic tracery window, kneeling in front of the altar, accompanied by a hand-maiden holding a basket of doves and a sceptre, and Simeon holding up the infant Christ, attended by 5 onlookers, in gold and other colours, within a gold frame with gothic decoration in the arch, margins composed of two beasts heightened with gold and acanthus, leaves and flowers in blue, red and green, 1 3-line initial, 2 2-line initials and 6 single-line initials and 4 line fillers in blue, red and gold, some surface wear slightly affecting image, initial 82 x 52mm., leaf 136 x 95mm., [Paris], [c. 1480].
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Paris Workshop.- Single leaf from an illuminated Book
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