The Annunciation to the Shepherds, a single vellum leaf from Officium Beate Marie Virginis ad Usum Romane Ecclesie, [Lyons, 1499], 65 x 60mm., hand-coloured metal-cut of two shepherds, one holding bagpipes, with sheepdog and sheep, looking up at angel with burnished gold halo, this metal-cut surrounded by pictorial and decorative cuts including 5 biblical scenes and small panels of text, all bordered in burnished gold, (135 x 90mm. overall), framed and glazed. [HCR 11995; BMC VIII, 324; IA.42127; Fairfax Murray, French 278]
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The Annunciation to the Shepherds, a single vellum leaf from Officium Beate Marie Virginis ad Usum Romane Ecclesie, [Lyons, 1499], 65 x 60mm., hand-coloured metal-cut of two shepherds, one holding bagpipes, with sheepdog and sheep, looking up at angel with burnished gold halo, this metal-cut surrounded by pictorial and decorative cuts including 5 biblical scenes and small panels of text, all bordered in burnished gold, (135 x 90mm. overall), framed and glazed. [HCR 11995; BMC VIII, 324; IA.42127; Fairfax Murray, French 278]
Lot Essay
Note in pencil: 'MS's first purchase' and a date stamp 'Nov 1944'.