ILLUMINATED LEAVES
A collection of 14 manuscript leaves from a Bible, on vellum, 22 lines, double-column, in brown ink on recto and verso, ruled throughout, headings in alternate red and blue ink, each leaf with a 2 line initial in burnished gold on a blue and pink ground heightened in white penwork, with trailing stems of acanthus leaves, bound in modern blind-stamped purple calf, each leaf 450 by 300mm., [Italy, c.1480]
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