A COLLECTION OF LEAVES FROM TWO BOOKS OF HOURS AND TWO BREVIARIES, in Latin, DECORATED AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM , [15th century]. 170 leaves from two Books of Hours and two breviaries, ranging in size from 147 x 113 to 197 x 138mm.
A COLLECTION OF LEAVES FROM TWO BOOKS OF HOURS AND TWO BREVIARIES, in Latin, DECORATED AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM , [15th century]. 170 leaves from two Books of Hours and two breviaries, ranging in size from 147 x 113 to 197 x 138mm. Including 41 leaves from a Book of Hours, 192 x 132mm [Bruges, c.1470s], one a bifolium, 19 lines written in a regular gothic bookhand in dark brown ink, from the same manuscript as lot 215; also, 80 similar leaves from another Book of Hours; 27 leaves from a Carthusian breviary, 195 x 136mm, prickings evident in outer margins, 24 lines of text in a heavily-abbreviated gothic hand in black ink, rubrication in red, two-line and text initials alternating red and blue, text capitals touched in red, one leaf featuring an index of feast days with a red checkerboard pattern and two-line initials in red and dates in a cursive script, 6 mounted; also, 22 leaves from another breviary (scattered holes throughout, some significant losses to individual pages, wear to inner and outer margins).
A COLLECTION OF LEAVES FROM TWO BOOKS OF HOURS AND TWO BREVIARIES, in Latin, DECORATED AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM , [15th century]. 170 leaves from two Books of Hours and two breviaries, ranging in size from 147 x 113 to 197 x 138mm.
A COLLECTION OF LEAVES FROM TWO BOOKS OF HOURS AND TWO BREVIARIES, in Latin, DECORATED AND ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS ON VELLUM , [15th century]. 170 leaves from two Books of Hours and two breviaries, ranging in size from 147 x 113 to 197 x 138mm. Including 41 leaves from a Book of Hours, 192 x 132mm [Bruges, c.1470s], one a bifolium, 19 lines written in a regular gothic bookhand in dark brown ink, from the same manuscript as lot 215; also, 80 similar leaves from another Book of Hours; 27 leaves from a Carthusian breviary, 195 x 136mm, prickings evident in outer margins, 24 lines of text in a heavily-abbreviated gothic hand in black ink, rubrication in red, two-line and text initials alternating red and blue, text capitals touched in red, one leaf featuring an index of feast days with a red checkerboard pattern and two-line initials in red and dates in a cursive script, 6 mounted; also, 22 leaves from another breviary (scattered holes throughout, some significant losses to individual pages, wear to inner and outer margins).
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