THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
BOOK OF HOURS, use of Evreux, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, northern France, probably Paris, c. 1490
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BOOK OF HOURS, use of Evreux, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, northern France, probably Paris, c. 1490
5 15/16 x 4¼ inches: 119 of at least 126 vellum leaves, including two final blanks, almost every page with one- and two-line illuminated initials and line-fillers of liquid gold on grounds of brown, red and blue, one five-line illuminated initial O, five large miniatures above large foliate initials (likely lacking a Calendar in addition to the 7 leaves with miniatures, all surviving miniatures rubbed and smudged and the Visitation with repaint, most other leaves in good condition). The illumination is similar in style to the work of the anonymous illuminator known as the Master of Robert Gauguin: F. Avril and N. Reynaud, Les manuscrits à peintures en France, 1993, pp.262-4. Binding worn, boards detached and spine lacking.
5 15/16 x 4¼ inches: 119 of at least 126 vellum leaves, including two final blanks, almost every page with one- and two-line illuminated initials and line-fillers of liquid gold on grounds of brown, red and blue, one five-line illuminated initial O, five large miniatures above large foliate initials (likely lacking a Calendar in addition to the 7 leaves with miniatures, all surviving miniatures rubbed and smudged and the Visitation with repaint, most other leaves in good condition). The illumination is similar in style to the work of the anonymous illuminator known as the Master of Robert Gauguin: F. Avril and N. Reynaud, Les manuscrits à peintures en France, 1993, pp.262-4. Binding worn, boards detached and spine lacking.