Two Medieval illuminated manuscript leaves, each from a Book...

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Estimate

£400 - £600

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Two Medieval illuminated manuscript leaves, each from a Book of Hours, either England or France, 14th or early 15th c, black ink on parchment, some rubrication, hand-scrivened Latin text, Gothic script, 19 and 21 lines respectively, the smaller leaf with a contemporary scribe's correction/erasure on the 14th line recto, each with blue and red ground initials burnished in gilt, decorative in-fill lines, foliate tracery, 13 x 10.5 and 17 x 11cm, mounted and framed as one

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Unexamined out of frame. Condition evidenced by images.

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Auction Date: 20th Sep 2024 at 10am

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Sale Dates:
20th Sep 2024 10am (Lots 1 to 487)

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