A beautiful vellum leaf from a breviary, written in a clear book hand in one column with one line high versal initials in alternating blue and red, one two line high ornate initial with pen flourishes in the margin. The pen work points in the direction of Holland, around 1450.

The initials are done by hand in Liquid Gold on Geometric grounds of alternating red and blue with line infills in alternating red and blue. The pictures depict dancing people, fabulous animals, putti and men with skulls. The text is from Psalm 70:2-5 and Vespers.

Price $ 180
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