Collection of leaves, in Latin, from illuminated manuscripts on vellum 5 items, including (a) cutting from a manuscript of Jacques le Lieur Poeme sur la Passion, attributed to Master of Girarde Acarie, 154mm. by 100mm., very large and detailed grisaille miniature of Christ carrying the Cross before a band of soldiers, some on horseback, details of their armour and a trumpet picked out in liquid gold, before the walls of Jerusalem here portrayed as a medieval city, Christ's followers in distance with gold haloes, huddled together, all framed with trees, foliage and two ornate pillars touched in liquid gold, remains on verso of 15 lines in French, in brown ink in a fine lettre batârde, initials touched in yellow, three small initials in white on grey/black grounds, Rouen, c. 1530; (b) cutting from a Book of Hours, 112mm. by 82mm., with large arch-topped miniature, 90mm. high, of a bishop surrounded by attendants, kneeling before an altar with an open book, gazing at an icon of Christ before the Cross and the implements used to torture him, set in a detailed Gothic interior with three stone arches, full decorated border with acanthus-leaves and naturalistic foliage strewn on a light brown ground, verso blank, southern Netherlands, c. 1500; (c) single leaf from a Book of Hours, 135mm. by 95mm., with a large miniature, 78mm. in height, with David in the act of slaying Goliath, as Goliath in armour falls to the ground, blood spilling from his head, set in rocky landscape with medieval city in background (some damage to sky), bas-de-page containing David seated before a window playing his harp to two men, within a Gothic interior, all framed within two ornamental pillars touched in blue, the two miniatures enclosing a 3-line initial in blue touched with white on pale burgundy ground with a fly picked out within the initial in liquid gold penwork, and 3 lines of text in dark brown ink in lettre batârde, verso with 22 lines of same, with six 1-line initials in liquid gold on coloured grounds, single border panel of acanthus-leaves, naturalistic foliage and bezants, France, late fifteenth century; plus two further leaves from Books of Hours with two 5- or 6-line grisaille miniatures containing St. Jacob (from the Suffrages of the Saints) and the Pietà (opening the Obsecro te), all in good condition and in card mounts
Collection of leaves, in Latin, from illuminated manuscripts on vellum 5 items, including (a) cutting from a manuscript of Jacques le Lieur Poeme sur la Passion, attributed to Master of Girarde Acarie, 154mm. by 100mm., very large and detailed grisaille miniature of Christ carrying the Cross before a band of soldiers, some on horseback, details of their armour and a trumpet picked out in liquid gold, before the walls of Jerusalem here portrayed as a medieval city, Christ's followers in distance with gold haloes, huddled together, all framed with trees, foliage and two ornate pillars touched in liquid gold, remains on verso of 15 lines in French, in brown ink in a fine lettre batârde, initials touched in yellow, three small initials in white on grey/black grounds, Rouen, c. 1530; (b) cutting from a Book of Hours, 112mm. by 82mm., with large arch-topped miniature, 90mm. high, of a bishop surrounded by attendants, kneeling before an altar with an open book, gazing at an icon of Christ before the Cross and the implements used to torture him, set in a detailed Gothic interior with three stone arches, full decorated border with acanthus-leaves and naturalistic foliage strewn on a light brown ground, verso blank, southern Netherlands, c. 1500; (c) single leaf from a Book of Hours, 135mm. by 95mm., with a large miniature, 78mm. in height, with David in the act of slaying Goliath, as Goliath in armour falls to the ground, blood spilling from his head, set in rocky landscape with medieval city in background (some damage to sky), bas-de-page containing David seated before a window playing his harp to two men, within a Gothic interior, all framed within two ornamental pillars touched in blue, the two miniatures enclosing a 3-line initial in blue touched with white on pale burgundy ground with a fly picked out within the initial in liquid gold penwork, and 3 lines of text in dark brown ink in lettre batârde, verso with 22 lines of same, with six 1-line initials in liquid gold on coloured grounds, single border panel of acanthus-leaves, naturalistic foliage and bezants, France, late fifteenth century; plus two further leaves from Books of Hours with two 5- or 6-line grisaille miniatures containing St. Jacob (from the Suffrages of the Saints) and the Pietà (opening the Obsecro te), all in good condition and in card mounts
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