INITIAL G, cutting from the MURANO GRADUAL, illuminated manuscript on vellum, by Belbello da Pavia and workshop [Venice, c.1430], 73 x 75mm; leaf from the Book of Judges ch.3-4, from a 13th-century French Bible, with flourished initials of blue and red, 222 x 172mm; leaf from a Book of Hours with part of Ps 144, initials of gold and blue with lilac and red flourishing [France, early 15th century], 140 x 97mm; leaf from the Litany in a Book of Hours, with illuminated initials and linefillers of burnished gold, blue and pink and with a panel border with painted acanthus and flowers [France, 1460s], framed, visible area 120 x 105mm). | Christie's

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INITIAL G, cutting from the MURANO GRADUAL, illuminated manuscript on vellum, by Belbello da Pavia and workshop [Venice, c.1430], 73 x 75mm; leaf from the Book of Judges ch.3-4, from a 13th-century French Bible, with flourished initials of blue and red, 222 x 172mm; leaf from a Book of Hours with part of Ps 144, initials of gold and blue with lilac and red flourishing [France, early 15th century], 140 x 97mm; leaf from the Litany in a Book of Hours, with illuminated initials and linefillers of burnished gold, blue and pink and with a panel border with painted acanthus and flowers [France, 1460s], framed, visible area 120 x 105mm).

INITIAL G, cutting from the MURANO GRADUAL, illuminated manuscript on vellum, by Belbello da Pavia and workshop [Venice, c.1430], 73 x 75mm; leaf from the Book of Judges ch.3-4, from a 13th-century French Bible, with flourished initials of blue and red, 222 x 172mm; leaf from a Book of Hours with part of Ps 144, initials of gold and blue with lilac and red flourishing [France, early 15th century], 140 x 97mm; leaf from the Litany in a Book of Hours, with illuminated initials and linefillers of burnished gold, blue and pink and with a panel border with painted acanthus and flowers [France, 1460s], framed, visible area 120 x 105mm).

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INITIAL G, cutting from the MURANO GRADUAL, illuminated manuscript on vellum, by Belbello da Pavia and workshop [Venice, c.1430], 73 x 75mm; leaf from the Book of Judges ch.3-4, from a 13th-century French Bible, with flourished initials of blue and red, 222 x 172mm; leaf from a Book of Hours with part of Ps 144, initials of gold and blue with lilac and red flourishing [France, early 15th century], 140 x 97mm; leaf from the Litany in a Book of Hours, with illuminated initials and linefillers of burnished gold, blue and pink and with a panel border with painted acanthus and flowers [France, 1460s], framed, visible area 120 x 105mm).

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