Collection of leaves from Italian illuminated manuscripts, in Latin, on parchment [fourteenth and fifteenth century] Five leaves, comprising: (i) leaf from a miniature Book of Hours, this opening the Seven Penitential Psalms, with single column of 13 lines, red rubric, one-line initials in red or blue, one historiated initial in red, green and fawn acanthus leaves, enclosing half-length portrait of David in prayer, the whole initial on burnished gold grounds, full decorated border of dense foliage terminating in coloured flowerheads and bristling gold bezants, text on recto and small area of adjacent border slightly rubbed, spots and stains, else presentable condition, 92 by 63mm., north-east Italy (perhaps Venice), c. 1470-80; (ii) leaf from a Dominican Missal, double column of two sizes of 26 lines, red rubrics, nine 2-line initials in red or blue with ornate contrasting penwork, one red initial, enclosing foliage and on blue grounds edged with gold, small spots and stains, else good condition, 322 by 231mm., most probably Perugia, c. 1353; (iii) leaf from a Breviary, double column of 36 lines, red rubrics, one-line initials in red or blue, 2-line initials in gold on green, blue and pink grounds, one large initial in dark pink enclosing a human figure picked out in fine white brushstrokes on a rich blue ground, all on wide gold grounds and with stylised flower-heads and gold bezants suspended within densely scrolling penwork in margin, a few small spots, else excellent condition, 184 by 128mm., Ferrara or Cremona, c. 1470; (iv) two leaves from a Book of Hours, both with single column of 16 lines, one leaf with a catchword within fine penwork, capitals in elaborate calligraphic penstrokes with fine penwork, red rubrics, one-line initials in gold or blue with contrasting penwork, each leaf with a large pink initial enclosing coloured foliage and on bright gold grounds, with foliate extensions in margin ending in mirrored gold leaves, folio nos. '13' and '47', small spots, else excellent condition, both approximately 168 by 124mm., Italy, fifteenth century Item (i) here is from an incomplete Book of Hours sold in Sotheby's, 5 July 2005, lot 100. Item (ii) is from a Missal owned by Otto Ege (see S. de Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States, II, p. 1947, no. 64) and dispersed by him (see S. Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts, 2013, p. 158, his HL 122).
Collection of leaves from Italian illuminated manuscripts, in Latin, on parchment [fourteenth and fifteenth century] Five leaves, comprising: (i) leaf from a miniature Book of Hours, this opening the Seven Penitential Psalms, with single column of 13 lines, red rubric, one-line initials in red or blue, one historiated initial in red, green and fawn acanthus leaves, enclosing half-length portrait of David in prayer, the whole initial on burnished gold grounds, full decorated border of dense foliage terminating in coloured flowerheads and bristling gold bezants, text on recto and small area of adjacent border slightly rubbed, spots and stains, else presentable condition, 92 by 63mm., north-east Italy (perhaps Venice), c. 1470-80; (ii) leaf from a Dominican Missal, double column of two sizes of 26 lines, red rubrics, nine 2-line initials in red or blue with ornate contrasting penwork, one red initial, enclosing foliage and on blue grounds edged with gold, small spots and stains, else good condition, 322 by 231mm., most probably Perugia, c. 1353; (iii) leaf from a Breviary, double column of 36 lines, red rubrics, one-line initials in red or blue, 2-line initials in gold on green, blue and pink grounds, one large initial in dark pink enclosing a human figure picked out in fine white brushstrokes on a rich blue ground, all on wide gold grounds and with stylised flower-heads and gold bezants suspended within densely scrolling penwork in margin, a few small spots, else excellent condition, 184 by 128mm., Ferrara or Cremona, c. 1470; (iv) two leaves from a Book of Hours, both with single column of 16 lines, one leaf with a catchword within fine penwork, capitals in elaborate calligraphic penstrokes with fine penwork, red rubrics, one-line initials in gold or blue with contrasting penwork, each leaf with a large pink initial enclosing coloured foliage and on bright gold grounds, with foliate extensions in margin ending in mirrored gold leaves, folio nos. '13' and '47', small spots, else excellent condition, both approximately 168 by 124mm., Italy, fifteenth century Item (i) here is from an incomplete Book of Hours sold in Sotheby's, 5 July 2005, lot 100. Item (ii) is from a Missal owned by Otto Ege (see S. de Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States, II, p. 1947, no. 64) and dispersed by him (see S. Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts, 2013, p. 158, his HL 122).
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