A bifolium from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, with the months of March and April
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Northern France, circa 1470-80
A bifolium from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, with the months of March and April
illuminated manuscript on vellum, written in gold and blue, with KL initials in liquid gold on grounds of red and blue, and panel borders of sprays of blue and liquid gold acanthus and naturalistic fruit and flowers
6¼ x 8 5/8 in. (157 x 221 mm.); and A 15th Century Italian bifolium from a Ferial Psalter, showing Psalm 102, decorated manuscript Choirbook on vellum, 16 lines written in a round liturgical bookhand, one two-line skeletal initial of red with extensive flourishing in pink, and one-line initials in blue and red, flourished red and pink respectively, 18 x 28 in. (458 x 710mm.) (2)
A bifolium from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, with the months of March and April
illuminated manuscript on vellum, written in gold and blue, with KL initials in liquid gold on grounds of red and blue, and panel borders of sprays of blue and liquid gold acanthus and naturalistic fruit and flowers
6¼ x 8 5/8 in. (157 x 221 mm.); and A 15th Century Italian bifolium from a Ferial Psalter, showing Psalm 102, decorated manuscript Choirbook on vellum, 16 lines written in a round liturgical bookhand, one two-line skeletal initial of red with extensive flourishing in pink, and one-line initials in blue and red, flourished red and pink respectively, 18 x 28 in. (458 x 710mm.) (2)
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