![FOUR MINIATURES ON TWO LEAVES, from a Book of Hours, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, probably Paris, c.1400]. Each leaf at least 165 x 115mm (visible area, as framed). FOUR MINIATURES, EACH ACCOMPANIED BY A ONE- OR TWO-SIDED BORDER OF LEAFY SPRAYS depicting Sts John the Evangelist, Andrew, Margaret, and Catherine, three two-line foliate initials on gold grounds, four similar one-line initials, three short line-fillers (a few small areas of flaking pigment). In a giltwood frame carved with putti, glazed on both sides (some loss of gilding).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0003_001(four_miniatures_on_two_leaves_from_a_book_of_hours_in_latin_and_french062111).jpg?w=1)
![FOUR MINIATURES ON TWO LEAVES, from a Book of Hours, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, probably Paris, c.1400]. Each leaf at least 165 x 115mm (visible area, as framed). FOUR MINIATURES, EACH ACCOMPANIED BY A ONE- OR TWO-SIDED BORDER OF LEAFY SPRAYS depicting Sts John the Evangelist, Andrew, Margaret, and Catherine, three two-line foliate initials on gold grounds, four similar one-line initials, three short line-fillers (a few small areas of flaking pigment). In a giltwood frame carved with putti, glazed on both sides (some loss of gilding).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0003_000(four_miniatures_on_two_leaves_from_a_book_of_hours_in_latin_and_french062027).jpg?w=1)
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FOUR MINIATURES ON TWO LEAVES, from a Book of Hours, in Latin and French, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, [France, probably Paris, c.1400]. Each leaf at least 165 x 115mm (visible area, as framed). FOUR MINIATURES, EACH ACCOMPANIED BY A ONE- OR TWO-SIDED BORDER OF LEAFY SPRAYS depicting Sts John the Evangelist, Andrew, Margaret, and Catherine, three two-line foliate initials on gold grounds, four similar one-line initials, three short line-fillers (a few small areas of flaking pigment). In a giltwood frame carved with putti, glazed on both sides (some loss of gilding).
Both leaves come from the Suffrages (usually found towards the end of a Book of Hours): the first has the end of a devotion to St James, a complete one to John the Evangelist, and the start of another to Andrew; the second has the end of a devotion to Mary Magdalene, a complete one to Margaret, and the start of another to Catherine. Such suffrages are often unillustrated, so the parent volume was therefore doubtless extremely lavishly decorated. (2)
Both leaves come from the Suffrages (usually found towards the end of a Book of Hours): the first has the end of a devotion to St James, a complete one to John the Evangelist, and the start of another to Andrew; the second has the end of a devotion to Mary Magdalene, a complete one to Margaret, and the start of another to Catherine. Such suffrages are often unillustrated, so the parent volume was therefore doubtless extremely lavishly decorated. (2)
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