BOOK OF HOURS

Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours. Northern France, c.

      - Text enclosed within an ornamental twig-like border in burnished gold (cropped in one margin), two-line initial in gold on a blue ground, 9 one-line initials in gold and colours, several line-fillers (some in the form of a twig). Size of leaf: 150 x 73mm. 20 lines of text. 1510. A very attractive leaf from a Book of Hours, with an almost calligraphic script in lettre bâtarde.