Four miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum 4 miniatures, (a) a large and fine miniature of the Crucifixion, 102mm. by 70mm., with Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St. John, all before a hilly landscape and Jerusalem (here as a late Gothic city with high church spires), slight cockling, small discolouration and a few small holes near to Virgin, else good condition, laid down on card but verso appears blank, in large moulded architectural frame, Ferrara or Padua, c.1460; (b) 2 leaves from a Book of Hours, each approximately 90mm. by 60mm., with three-quarter page miniatures of the Nativity and a burial above 4-line initials with foliate infill on gold grounds, 14 lines of text on verso, somewhat scuffed and smudged, in brown wooden frame together, probably Paris, c.1460; (c) a single leaf from a Psalter, approximately 105mm. by 70mm., with a three-quarter page miniature of King David kneeling in a hilly landscape as God appears in the sky above, 4-line initial as in item above, 17 lines on verso, some slight discolouration to edges, else good, framed as previous item, probably Paris, c.1415
Four miniatures on cuttings from illuminated manuscripts on vellum 4 miniatures, (a) a large and fine miniature of the Crucifixion, 102mm. by 70mm., with Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St. John, all before a hilly landscape and Jerusalem (here as a late Gothic city with high church spires), slight cockling, small discolouration and a few small holes near to Virgin, else good condition, laid down on card but verso appears blank, in large moulded architectural frame, Ferrara or Padua, c.1460; (b) 2 leaves from a Book of Hours, each approximately 90mm. by 60mm., with three-quarter page miniatures of the Nativity and a burial above 4-line initials with foliate infill on gold grounds, 14 lines of text on verso, somewhat scuffed and smudged, in brown wooden frame together, probably Paris, c.1460; (c) a single leaf from a Psalter, approximately 105mm. by 70mm., with a three-quarter page miniature of King David kneeling in a hilly landscape as God appears in the sky above, 4-line initial as in item above, 17 lines on verso, some slight discolouration to edges, else good, framed as previous item, probably Paris, c.1415
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