Folio 43: Leaf from a Book of Hours , circa 1450
Dates
- circa 1450
Physical Description
Netherlands. 24 lines of text in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one-line initials in red with blue penwork extending into the side margin, each leaf with a four-line puzzle initial in blue and white with elaborate red penwork running the length of the center margin and bursting into floral vines in the head and tail margins. Trimmed a touch close at head, just grazing the penwork on two leaves, otherwise especially fin specimens, quite clean, smooth, and bright. Vellum.
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Physical Description
Netherlands. 24 lines of text in a pleasing bâtarde hand. Rubrics in red, one-line initials in red with blue penwork extending into the side margin, each leaf with a four-line puzzle initial in blue and white with elaborate red penwork running the length of the center margin and bursting into floral vines in the head and tail margins. Trimmed a touch close at head, just grazing the penwork on two leaves, otherwise especially fin specimens, quite clean, smooth, and bright. Vellum.
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