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Lot 142

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES
A collection of 6 illuminated manuscript leaves, from three Book of Hours, [?France, or Flanders, late fifteenth century]

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES

A collection of 6 illuminated manuscript leaves, from three Book of Hours, ink on vellum, one (140 x 95mm.) with 18 lines with decoration of a bird in one margin; 2 (153 x 110mm.) with 17 lines and one vertical border recto and verso of acanthus leaves and flowers in blue, yellow and gold; 3 (120 x 104mm.) with 15 lines and one vertical border recto and verso of trailing vine and flowers in reds, blues, greens and gold, all with decorative initials in colours and/or liquid gold, line fillers in blue and red, each framed and glazed (showing recto and verso), various sizes, [?France, or Flanders, late fifteenth century]

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