Folio 42: Individual Illuminated Vellum Manuscript Leaf with small miniature of saint from a Book of Hours in Latin , Late 15th century

Northeastern France, probably Arras. 15 lines in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubircs in red, one- and two-line initials in brushed gold on a red or blue background, each side of each leaf with a brushed gold panel border, usually with very pretty illusionistic flowers and fruits, sometimes with intricate strapwork designs in colors. Each leaf with one or two small minatures (measuring approximately 40x 25 mm.) depicting the Virgin Mary, Christ, or a saint, the saints shown with their attributes. Headlines writtne in French in a later (18th century?) calligraphic hand. Vellum.