BOOK OF HOURS. Single leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Loire Valley, ca. 1460] 130 x 83 mm., 14 lines, ruled in red, justification 57 x 36mm., written in dark brown ink in a gothic textura, versals in blue on gold ground, one 2-line initial in gold on blue. Very fine border decoration of gold and white branches of foliage with curious figures of a centaur, making love to a woman, and a wild man. The text is the sixth Psalm in Terce, (severe browning in small portion of upper corner). This is a leaf from MS 210, a fragment in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. It is described in the catalogue by L.M.C. Randall, volume II (1992) no. 134, pp. 170ff as probably by the Poitiers Master, also known as the Master of Adelaide of Savoy, stating 'for the most exquisite and imaginative of the marginalia Jean Fouquet could have been responsible'. Signature 'de Corman, 1902' in lower margin.
BOOK OF HOURS. Single leaf from an ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Loire Valley, ca. 1460] 130 x 83 mm., 14 lines, ruled in red, justification 57 x 36mm., written in dark brown ink in a gothic textura, versals in blue on gold ground, one 2-line initial in gold on blue. Very fine border decoration of gold and white branches of foliage with curious figures of a centaur, making love to a woman, and a wild man. The text is the sixth Psalm in Terce, (severe browning in small portion of upper corner). This is a leaf from MS 210, a fragment in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore. It is described in the catalogue by L.M.C. Randall, volume II (1992) no. 134, pp. 170ff as probably by the Poitiers Master, also known as the Master of Adelaide of Savoy, stating 'for the most exquisite and imaginative of the marginalia Jean Fouquet could have been responsible'. Signature 'de Corman, 1902' in lower margin.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
