Vostre (Simon, illuminator): A single page leaf extracted from a Book of Hours, attributed to Simon Vostre in a manuscript note at foot, the recto with a full-page illuminated depiction of the Nativity, heightened in gilt, the verso with illuminated initial letters, and an elaborate woodcut border (6 x 4 in; 15 x 10 cm.), (?) Paris, [c. 1500] [see Brunet V 1573], double window-mounted, framed and glazed.

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Vostre (Simon, illuminator): A single page leaf extracted from a Book of Hours, attributed to Simon Vostre in a manuscript note at foot, the recto with a full-page illuminated depiction of the Nativity, heightened in gilt, the verso with illuminated initial letters, and an elaborate woodcut border (6 x 4 in; 15 x 10 cm.), (?) Paris, [c. 1500] [see Brunet V 1573], double window-mounted, framed and glazed.

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Brunet: 'On voit que Simon Vostre n'a pas borné son commerce aux seules Heures; mais c'est dans ce genre de publication seulement qu'il l'a emporté tous ses concurrents. Nous devons à son goût éclairé les charmantes bordures en arabesques qui décorent toutes ses Heures, et les jolies petites figures qu'offrent ses mêmes bordures'.

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