Books and Manuscripts · Lotto 2771

[Medieval manuscripts]. Two leaves

from a Book of Hours, Northern Netherlands (Haarlem), ±1470, Middledutch text in black ink on vellum, rubricated, recto and verso, ±12,5x9,5 cm. (leaf), 7,5x5 cm. (text), 15 lines to each page, two 2-line initials in blue ink, heightened w. gold w. penwork flourishes extending into left margin (so-called Holland style, most probably Haarlem), framed w. both sides visible.

Lotto
2771
Stima
150 € – 250 €
Aggiudicato
275 €
Foto
1 foto

Note

For similar penwork decoration see A.S. Korteweg, Kriezels etc. p.101: "Opvallend is het lange, smalle acanthusblad". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.