BIFOLIUM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS LEAVES c1450 PSALMS, GOLD INITIALS

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BIFOLIUM ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS LEAVES c1450 PSALMS, GOLD INITIALS:
$295.00

Original Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Book of Hours Leaf, Flanders, c. 1450 – Produced for the English Market
Text: PSALMS 50, 131 & 132 (King James (51, 132 & 133):
\"…We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood. Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified...\"

IM-11573: Original bifolium leaves (two leaves, four pages – not continuous) from a medieval illuminated manuscript Book of Hours. Red-ruled for 18 lines of text, written in Latin with dark brown ink and red rubrics in fine gothic script, on animal vellum. These bifolium leaves measure 158 x 225 mm (6 3/16 x 8 3/16”) in total - each measures 158 x 112mm – 6 ¼ x 4 3/8’’).

ONE ILLUMINATED TWO-LINE INITIAL IN BURNISHED GOLD ON RED AND BLUE GROUND WITH DELICATE WHITE PENWORK; THIRTY ILLUMINATED ONE-LINE INITIALS ALTERNATING IN DEEP BLUE WITH DELICATE RED PENWORK AND BURNISHED GOLD WITH DELICATE VIOLET PENWORK.

This Book of Hours leaf was scribed in Flanders (Use of Sarum), c. 1450 – produced to follow the English rites, for the English market. The Litany of the Saints from this book listed several Saints associated with Britain, including George (patron of Britain), Swithin (Bishop of Westminster), Eusebius (martyred Irish Benedictine), Burinus (Apostle of Wessex), and Julian (early English Martyr). This is an original, not a reproduction and its condition is as shown in the photos.

The one-line illuminated “E” begins Psalm 50 (KJ 51) 8-21: “Ecce…” (For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me…). Top of the second leaf – the one-line illuminated “I” begins Psalm 131 (KJ 132) 7-18: “Introibimus…” (We will go into his tabernacle: we will adore in the place where his feet stood. Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified…). The two-line illuminated “E” begins Psalm 132 (KJ 133) 1-2: “Ecce…” (Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity: Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron…).

Books of Hours are personal prayer books of a devout and status-conscious society and are not only works of art, but cultural documents of their time. They reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery - made of the finest materials, by the best craftsmen, for a small audience that could both appreciate and afford them.

This leaf comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

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