FROM A LARGE BOOK OF HOURS, WITH TEXT IN LATIN
by AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH CHARMING BORDER ILLUSTRATION
- 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, one- and two-line initials painted gold on pink and blue ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border decorated with hairline vines, gold bezants and ivy, and colorful flowers and acanthus, RECTO BORDER INHABITED BY A CHARMING DOG-LIKE CREATURE. ◆A small, light stain in border decoration (largely masked by dense hairline vines), but IN FINE CONDITION--bright, clean, and well preserved.
From a large Book of Hours probably produced in Besançon, this leaf features very pretty panel borders, including one with a particularly charming inhabitant in the form of a dog-like creature with no front legs, wearing an orange collar, and emitting an acanthus leaf from its mouth. Imaginative touches like this, and luxurious elements such as the several dozen gilt bezants and ivy leaves in each border, and the unusually wide margins, point to this manuscript having been quite 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, one- and two-line initials painted gold on pink and blue ground with white tracery, each side with a panel border decorated with hairline vines, gold bezants and ivy, and colorful flowers and acanthus, RECTO BORDER INHABITED BY A CHARMING DOG-LIKE CREATURE. ◆A small, light stain in border decoration (largely masked by dense hairline vines), but IN FINE CONDITION--bright, clean, and well preserved.
From a large Book of Hours probably produced in Besançon, this leaf features very pretty panel borders, including one with a particularly charming inhabitant in the form of a dog-like creature with no front legs, wearing an orange collar, and emitting an acanthus leaf from its mouth. Imaginative touches like this, and luxurious elements such as the several dozen gilt bezants and ivy leaves in each border, and the unusually wide margins, point to this manuscript having been quite a costly production. For additional leaves from this same manuscript at different price points, please check our website..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST17060N
- Title
- FROM A LARGE BOOK OF HOURS, WITH TEXT IN LATIN
- Author
- AN ILLUMINATED VELLUM MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH CHARMING BORDER ILLUSTRATION
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- France (probably Besançon)
- Date Published
- 3rd quarter of 15th century
- Keywords
- Book of Hours
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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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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Fine
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- Leaves
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- 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...