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LOT 0353
Illuminated Medieval Book of Hours Manuscript Page
FLEMISH, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. (142 grams total, 26.6 x 20 including mount, window: 14.5 x 8.8 cm).
Mounted in a bifacial frame to display recto and verso; band of detailed floral ornament to the outer edge with central figure in a short pea-jacket; fifteen-line block of bastarda-script text with Latin text (e.g. Pinguescent speciosa deserti: et exultatione colles accingentur from Psalm 64:13); coloured versals and decorative panels.
ProvenanceEx Hedwig collection, Brussels, thence by descent, 2000s.
Accompanied by a Belgian cultural export licence.
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