Books and Manuscripts · Lot 2955
[Medieval manuscripts]. Calendar leaf
from a Book of Hours, Northern Netherlands (Haarlem), ±1470, Middledutch text in black ink on vellum, rubricated, recto and verso, 12,7x9,6 cm. (leaf), 7,5x6 cm. (text), 17 lines to each page, one 2-line initial in blue ink, w. penwork flourishes extending into left margin on recto (so-called Holland style, most probably Haarlem).
- Lot
- 2955
- Auction
- Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025
- Estimate
- €150 – €250
- Result
- €325
- Photos
- 2 photos
Notes
For the month of August. For similar penwork decoration see A.S. Korteweg, Kriezels etc. p.101: "Opvallend is het lange, smalle acanthusblad" SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.