SIX LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, illuminated manuscript on vellum [northern France, possibly Normandy, final quarter 15th century].
SIX LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, illuminated manuscript on vellum [northern France, possibly Normandy, final quarter 15th century]. Six leaves, 170 x 98mm. The miniatures originally opening Lauds, Prime, Terce, None, Vespers and the Seven Pentitential Psalms in one or possibly two Books of Hours (the leaves cropped and framed in gold, strips of borders cut out from elsewhere in the manuscript and pasted over the text beneath each miniature, some smudging and loss of pigment). Mounted and framed: two individually, four together. A charming suite of miniatures of northern French regional production. There are two hands at work here, one (responsible for the miniatures depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Nativity) more accomplished than the other, and influenced by the rouennais school of illumination. The strong, bright colours and textured borders would suggest a regional, possibly Norman, localisation.
SIX LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, illuminated manuscript on vellum [northern France, possibly Normandy, final quarter 15th century].
SIX LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, illuminated manuscript on vellum [northern France, possibly Normandy, final quarter 15th century]. Six leaves, 170 x 98mm. The miniatures originally opening Lauds, Prime, Terce, None, Vespers and the Seven Pentitential Psalms in one or possibly two Books of Hours (the leaves cropped and framed in gold, strips of borders cut out from elsewhere in the manuscript and pasted over the text beneath each miniature, some smudging and loss of pigment). Mounted and framed: two individually, four together. A charming suite of miniatures of northern French regional production. There are two hands at work here, one (responsible for the miniatures depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Nativity) more accomplished than the other, and influenced by the rouennais school of illumination. The strong, bright colours and textured borders would suggest a regional, possibly Norman, localisation.
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