(MANUSCRIPT LEAF.) Illuminated vellum leaf from the Llangattock Breviary with 5 4-line initials in colors and gold depicting the prophets Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, and with 2 vertical bars with floral extensions in colors and gold on each side. Latin text written in gothic script in brown and red ink, 30 lines, 2 columns, recto and verso. 270x201 mm; attached to mat with masking tape along bottom edge of one side, faint mat burn along edges of both sides. Ferrara, 1440s
(MANUSCRIPT LEAF.) Illuminated vellum leaf from the Llangattock Breviary with 5 4-line initials in colors and gold depicting the prophets Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, and with 2 vertical bars with floral extensions in colors and gold on each side. Latin text written in gothic script in brown and red ink, 30 lines, 2 columns, recto and verso. 270x201 mm; attached to mat with masking tape along bottom edge of one side, faint mat burn along edges of both sides. Ferrara, 1440s
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