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Lot 297A
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$1,625
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Lot Description
[LEAVES—ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS]. Leaf from a French Book of Hours in Latin. [Paris?, second half 15th century].
One leaf, 172 x 122mm (sight size), on vellum. Illuminated with a large miniature depicting St. John on Patmos in colors and gold within an arch-topped compartment above 5 lines of text and a four-line initial, surrounded by a full floral border in colors and gold. Verso with 4 lines of text (visible in mat). Double-glazed & framed. (Unexamined out of frame).