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2 LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM [Southern France? ca. 1500]
224 x 148 mm., from the Office of the Dead, 34 lines, written in brown ink in a gothic textura, one-line initials in gold on blue, red or brown ground, two-line initials in grisaille on pink ground, branch-work line fillers, semi-architectural half border on each page, depicting scenes of a fabulistic character
1). A bird and a toad by a pond, and a snail climbing up a tree towards a bird; on verso two monkeys as fishermen in a boat, a strange creature in a tree. 2). Two rabbits by a pond, a hound chasing a hare; on verso a monkey-fisherman carrying his catch, an owl in a tree.
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224 x 148 mm., from the Office of the Dead, 34 lines, written in brown ink in a gothic textura, one-line initials in gold on blue, red or brown ground, two-line initials in grisaille on pink ground, branch-work line fillers, semi-architectural half border on each page, depicting scenes of a fabulistic character
1). A bird and a toad by a pond, and a snail climbing up a tree towards a bird; on verso two monkeys as fishermen in a boat, a strange creature in a tree. 2). Two rabbits by a pond, a hound chasing a hare; on verso a monkey-fisherman carrying his catch, an owl in a tree.
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