ENLUMINATION].
Illuminated manuscript leaf taken from a book of hours (evangelical pericopes)
Ornate initial "I", painted in pink with white highlights, coloured vine leaves and burnished gold decoration in
prolongationLatin, illuminated leaf on parchment, gothic script, heading: "Initium sancti evangelii secundum Iohannem. Gloria tibi domine".
France (South?), circa 1425-1450Dimensions
: 104 x 150 mmGood
condition, pen tests in the lower margin, small lack of parchment in the lower right corner
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