The Assumption of the Virgin
France, ?Alsace: third quarter of the 15th century]. A large historiated initial “V” (up to 117 x 156 mm), cut from an illuminated manuscript choirbook on vellum, the initial in particolored red and blue enclosing a scene of the Virgin in a blue cloak, hands in prayer, being borne aloft by six angels, on a ground of blue sky with dark blue clouds and terraced green hills below; penwork filigree surround in red and dark brown, marginal figure of a kneeling monk in a brown habit with banderole 'O mater dei memento mei.' Verso with part of 3 lines of the text in a gothic liturgical hand and music on a 4-line red stave; matted. Condition : slight rubbing. This large initial ‘V’ is doubtless from the invitatory 'Venite adoremus' at the opening of Matins, feast of the Assumption, 15 August.
The Assumption of the Virgin
France, ?Alsace: third quarter of the 15th century]. A large historiated initial “V” (up to 117 x 156 mm), cut from an illuminated manuscript choirbook on vellum, the initial in particolored red and blue enclosing a scene of the Virgin in a blue cloak, hands in prayer, being borne aloft by six angels, on a ground of blue sky with dark blue clouds and terraced green hills below; penwork filigree surround in red and dark brown, marginal figure of a kneeling monk in a brown habit with banderole 'O mater dei memento mei.' Verso with part of 3 lines of the text in a gothic liturgical hand and music on a 4-line red stave; matted. Condition : slight rubbing. This large initial ‘V’ is doubtless from the invitatory 'Venite adoremus' at the opening of Matins, feast of the Assumption, 15 August.
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