Two miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum two cuttings, (a) a large initial 'I' (probably opening 'Is[ta est spec]io[sa inter filias Ierusalem] ...' the Antiphon for the Common of Virgins), on a cutting from a choirbook, 200mm. by 78mm., formed of an architectural frame surmounted by acanthus leaves and bezants, enclosing a Virgin martyr in the act of martyrdom, kneeling with hands clasped together as her executioner raises his sword, all before a rocky landscape and blue sky heightened with long trailing white penwork tracery, remnants of 3 lines with 4-line red staves, expertly framed and in good condition, Italy, probably Umbria, c.1280; (b) an arch-topped miniature from a Book of Hours, 99mm. by 65mm., enclosing David in the act of slaying Goliath, sword in hand ready to decapitate the giant, all before a grassy landscape with a tent and a distant town, some minor damage to face of Goliath, 11 lines of text and 4 small initials on verso, southern Netherlands, c. 1480; both professionally framed
Two miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum two cuttings, (a) a large initial 'I' (probably opening 'Is[ta est spec]io[sa inter filias Ierusalem] ...' the Antiphon for the Common of Virgins), on a cutting from a choirbook, 200mm. by 78mm., formed of an architectural frame surmounted by acanthus leaves and bezants, enclosing a Virgin martyr in the act of martyrdom, kneeling with hands clasped together as her executioner raises his sword, all before a rocky landscape and blue sky heightened with long trailing white penwork tracery, remnants of 3 lines with 4-line red staves, expertly framed and in good condition, Italy, probably Umbria, c.1280; (b) an arch-topped miniature from a Book of Hours, 99mm. by 65mm., enclosing David in the act of slaying Goliath, sword in hand ready to decapitate the giant, all before a grassy landscape with a tent and a distant town, some minor damage to face of Goliath, 11 lines of text and 4 small initials on verso, southern Netherlands, c. 1480; both professionally framed
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