FROM A LARGE BOOK OF HOURS, WITH TEXT IN LATIN
by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH CHARMING BORDER DECORATION
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
France (probably Besançon), 3rd quarter of 15th century. 239 x 165 mm. (9 3/8 x 6 1/2"). Single column, 15 lines in an elegant gothic book hand.
Rubrics in dark pink, line enders in pink and blue with white tracery and gold bezant, several one-line initials and two two-line initials in burnished gold on dark pink and blue ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border composed of hairline vines with gold ivy and bezants, a few colorful flowers, and each inhabited by a colorful bird. ◆Minor chipping to the gold of one initial, trivial smudge to border, but IN VERY FINE CONDITION.
From a large Book of Hours probably produced in Besançon, this leaf features very pretty panel borders, each inhabited by a colorful bird with long tail feathers, positioned as if to hold the end of an acanthus leaf in its mouth. In addition to these fine illustrations, luxurious touches such as the numerous gilt initials, several dozen gilt bezants and ivy leaves in each panel border, and the unusually wide margins point to this manuscript having been a costly production. For additional leaves from this same manuscript at different price points, please check our website..
Rubrics in dark pink, line enders in pink and blue with white tracery and gold bezant, several one-line initials and two two-line initials in burnished gold on dark pink and blue ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border composed of hairline vines with gold ivy and bezants, a few colorful flowers, and each inhabited by a colorful bird. ◆Minor chipping to the gold of one initial, trivial smudge to border, but IN VERY FINE CONDITION.
From a large Book of Hours probably produced in Besançon, this leaf features very pretty panel borders, each inhabited by a colorful bird with long tail feathers, positioned as if to hold the end of an acanthus leaf in its mouth. In addition to these fine illustrations, luxurious touches such as the numerous gilt initials, several dozen gilt bezants and ivy leaves in each panel border, and the unusually wide margins point to this manuscript having been a costly production. For additional leaves from this same manuscript at different price points, please check our website..
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- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST17060L
- Title
- FROM A LARGE BOOK OF HOURS, WITH TEXT IN LATIN
- Author
- AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH CHARMING BORDER DECORATION
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- France (probably Besançon)
- Date Published
- 3rd quarter of 15th century
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ABAA-WINTER-2024
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About the Seller
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Biblio member since 2006
McMinnville, Oregon
About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...