BOOK OF HOURS

Leaf from a Book of Hours

      1520. (BOOK OF HOURS). Illuminated manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours. France, circa 1525. Single vellum leaf (3-1/2 by 6 inches), in black, gold, blue and red inks. $350. Attractive illuminated leaf from a French Book of Hours. The text is from the end of Canticum Moisis (Exodus 15:1-19) and most of Canticum Habacuc (Habacuc 3:2-19). Scribed in 24lines in dark brown and red inks in a gothic script, with one two-line and seven one-line initials on fields of red, blue and gold and line extenders in red, blue and gold. Although this leaf is probably from a Book of Hours, it is possibly from a Psalter ending with two Old Testament canticles used liturgically. The verso is very similar. A lovely leaf.