FROM A SMALL PSALTER-HOURS IN LATIN, WITH IMMENSELY CHARMING MARGINALIA

by Offered Individually Illuminated Vellum Manuscript Leaves

$1,000 · Offered by Phillip J. Pirages

France: first half of 14th century . 110 x 82 mm. 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 . Single column, 12 lines in a gothic book hand. Rubrics in red, line enders in pink and blue with gold accents, each leaf with one or more one-line initials in blue with red penwork or gold with blue penwork, some leaves with one two-line initial painted blue, filled with either decorative shapes or INHABITED BY A HUMAN HEAD, all on a gold ground, one side of each leaf WITH A FULL BORDER

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