ST MATTHEW, historiated initial 'C' on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, second quarter 15th century]. 225 x 165 mm. 17 lines of text written in a fine formal gothic bookhand in brown ink, rubric in red, consisting of Matthew 2:1-11 introduced by a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A GOLD GROUND DEPICTING THE EVANGELIST SYMBOL OF ST MATTHEW, the winged man, holding an inscribed scroll, both sides with a THREE-SIDED BORDER of stylised acanthus and semi-naturalistic fruit and flowers, including unusual yellow gourds, amid pen-sprays with gold leaves. Mounted on card. [ With: ] A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, 175 x 120 mm, with part of one of the Seven Penitential Psalms (Psalm 31:4-10), initials and line fillers in colours and gold.
ST MATTHEW, historiated initial 'C' on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, second quarter 15th century]. 225 x 165 mm. 17 lines of text written in a fine formal gothic bookhand in brown ink, rubric in red, consisting of Matthew 2:1-11 introduced by a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A GOLD GROUND DEPICTING THE EVANGELIST SYMBOL OF ST MATTHEW, the winged man, holding an inscribed scroll, both sides with a THREE-SIDED BORDER of stylised acanthus and semi-naturalistic fruit and flowers, including unusual yellow gourds, amid pen-sprays with gold leaves. Mounted on card. [ With: ] A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, 175 x 120 mm, with part of one of the Seven Penitential Psalms (Psalm 31:4-10), initials and line fillers in colours and gold. The historiated initial marks the opening of Matthew's Gospel Extract in a Book of Hours. (2)
ST MATTHEW, historiated initial 'C' on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, second quarter 15th century]. 225 x 165 mm. 17 lines of text written in a fine formal gothic bookhand in brown ink, rubric in red, consisting of Matthew 2:1-11 introduced by a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A GOLD GROUND DEPICTING THE EVANGELIST SYMBOL OF ST MATTHEW, the winged man, holding an inscribed scroll, both sides with a THREE-SIDED BORDER of stylised acanthus and semi-naturalistic fruit and flowers, including unusual yellow gourds, amid pen-sprays with gold leaves. Mounted on card. [ With: ] A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, 175 x 120 mm, with part of one of the Seven Penitential Psalms (Psalm 31:4-10), initials and line fillers in colours and gold.
ST MATTHEW, historiated initial 'C' on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, second quarter 15th century]. 225 x 165 mm. 17 lines of text written in a fine formal gothic bookhand in brown ink, rubric in red, consisting of Matthew 2:1-11 introduced by a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL ON A GOLD GROUND DEPICTING THE EVANGELIST SYMBOL OF ST MATTHEW, the winged man, holding an inscribed scroll, both sides with a THREE-SIDED BORDER of stylised acanthus and semi-naturalistic fruit and flowers, including unusual yellow gourds, amid pen-sprays with gold leaves. Mounted on card. [ With: ] A LEAF FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, in Latin, 175 x 120 mm, with part of one of the Seven Penitential Psalms (Psalm 31:4-10), initials and line fillers in colours and gold. The historiated initial marks the opening of Matthew's Gospel Extract in a Book of Hours. (2)
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