Manuscript

Leaf from a

Book of Hours

c.  1500

6 5/8” x 4 5/8” (leaf)

5 11/16” x 4” (text)

              A leaf on vellum from a Book of Hours from the Southern Netherlands (possibly Tournai), for use in Tournai.  With a full border with floral design, a 4-line decorated initial with infill and gilding, a 2-line decorated initial with gilding, 2 1-line pen-flourished initials in red and blue ink, a 1-line pen-flourished initial with gilding, and a ruled column of 15 lines of text in brown ink, with a rubric in red ink and highlights in gold, on the recto.  With a 1-line pen-flourished initial in red and blue ink, a 1-line pen-flourished initial with gilding, and a ruled column of 15 lines of text in brown ink, with highlights in gold, on

the verso.  Illuminated by Jean Markant.