A LEAF OP AN ILLUMINATED CHOIRBOOK, probably Northern Italy, 15th century, manuscript on vellum, written in black ink, with text In de/dicatione templi decan/tabat populus, the historiated initial 'I' formed by a vase on a pedestal and a head of
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A LEAF OP AN ILLUMINATED CHOIRBOOK, probably Northern Italy, 15th century, manuscript on vellum, written in black ink, with text In de/dicatione templi decan/tabat populus, the historiated initial 'I' formed by a vase on a pedestal and a head of a putto on a pedestal with stylished foliage and with a miniature of bishop consecrating a church in gold border, the text in a border of stylized flowers, vases and foliage, bodycolour and gold leaf on vellum.
83 x 58 cm, framed and glazed
83 x 58 cm, framed and glazed