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LOT 1368

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED BOOK OF HOURS VELLUM MANUSCRIPT PAGE
POSSIBLY ITALIAN, 15TH CENTURY A.D.
7 7/8 x 6 in. (37 grams, 20 x 15.3 cm).

Recto and verso with nineteen lines of Latin text in blackletter script, recto with two illuminated capitals in gold on blue and verso with one; in a cardboard mount. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market in 2016.
Property of a Nottinghamshire gentleman.

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