A knight-saint fighting with Turkish warriors, miniature by the Spanish Forger on a leaf from an illuminated manuscript antiphoner, on vellum [France (probably Paris), nineteenth century and Italy, c.1400] a single leaf, 475mm. by 370mm., with a large miniature 190mm. by 240mm., of a mounted knight with a burnished gold halo, charging on a white steed towards two Turkish warriors, each with a raised scimitar, the horses trampling a fallen Turk underfoot as a woman in pink robes looks on, all before a wooded landscape with a galleon and ornate castle in background, full border of scrolling acanthus-leaves and bezants, enclosing a naked woman standing in a flowerbud and David wrestling with a lion, large initial 'C' augmented by the Spanish Forger adding a coat-of-arms and a helm, 7 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave on verso, some crackling and small scuffs (perhaps intentional), else excellent condition, gilt frame
A knight-saint fighting with Turkish warriors, miniature by the Spanish Forger on a leaf from an illuminated manuscript antiphoner, on vellum [France (probably Paris), nineteenth century and Italy, c.1400] a single leaf, 475mm. by 370mm., with a large miniature 190mm. by 240mm., of a mounted knight with a burnished gold halo, charging on a white steed towards two Turkish warriors, each with a raised scimitar, the horses trampling a fallen Turk underfoot as a woman in pink robes looks on, all before a wooded landscape with a galleon and ornate castle in background, full border of scrolling acanthus-leaves and bezants, enclosing a naked woman standing in a flowerbud and David wrestling with a lion, large initial 'C' augmented by the Spanish Forger adding a coat-of-arms and a helm, 7 lines of text with music on a 4-line red stave on verso, some crackling and small scuffs (perhaps intentional), else excellent condition, gilt frame
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