Illuminated Manuscript: Prayer to God, the Father
by [illuminated Manuscript]
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
np: France. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. Large illuminated manuscript leaf (c1480) with a miniature of God. Large leaf from a Northern French Book of Hours (c. 1480) containing the "Oraison à Dieu Le Pere TresDevote" from a Northern French Book of Hours (c. 1480) . 24 lines of text written in French in a gothic script in brown ink with red rubrics. Prominent miniature features God, the Father, in a red robe and golden crown. He stands before a bright gold background. Beautiful borders recto and verso with red & blue flowers, and blue & gold acanthus leaves. A large double line initial "M" painted in gold on a red background opens the prayer. Size: 212 x 136 mm (approx. 8.3 x 5.4 inches) Miniature: 51 x 46 mm The text in French: Oraison a dieu le pere tresdevote. Mon benoist Dieu, je croy de cueur et confesse de bouche tout ce que saincte Eglise croit et tient de vous et que ung bon catholique doibt de vous sentry et croire. Et proteste icy devant vostre tresnoble et precieuse figure que je vueil vivre et mourir en ceste foy et y persever toute ma vie. Et vous recongnois mon Dieu, mon pere et createur de tout le monde. Et moy, vostre pouvre creature, subjecte et servante, vous fais la foy et hommaige que je tiens de vous noblement, comme de vous mon souverain, l'ame et le corps et tous les biens naturelz, spirituelz et corporelz et temporelz que j'ay et que oncques je euz et que je attens a avoir en ce monde et en l'ature. Et de bon cueur treshumblement vous en remercie et loue et rens grace. ...Et en signe de recongnoissance vous paye de ce petit tribut au matin et au soir, c'est que je vous adore de cueur et de bouche en foy et esperance et charite... , de ceste petite oraison qui tant seulement appartient a vostre benoiste majeste, seigneurie et divinite. Et vous requires troys choses. La premiere est misericorde de tant de malz.
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- Bookseller
- The Manhattan Rare Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1009
- Title
- Illuminated Manuscript: Prayer to God, the Father
- Author
- [illuminated Manuscript]
- Format/Binding
- No Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- France
- Place of Publication
- np
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...