c. 1500 MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS LEAF, FRANCE, PRAYER

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 Illuminated Manuscript Book of Hours Leaf, France, c. 1500

Suffrage - Prayers to Saints Peter and Paul


IM-13512 : Original leaf from a French medieval illuminated manuscript Book of Hours . 13 lines of hand-ruled text written in Latin with dark brown ink in fine lettre bâtarde script on animal vellum with rubrics in red.  

Embellished with a two-line illuminated initial in burnished gold on a red and blue ground.    

Origin:  Paris, France circa 1500.

Size:   110 x 75mm – 4.25 x 2.9 inches, from a diminutive manuscript likely written for a lady.

This leaf continues the section of Suffrages - prayers to saints who were considered the protectors, helpers and guardians of medieval people. The rubrics announce the prayer to Saints Peter & Paul. The two-line illuminated “D” begins:   “ Deus cuius …” (O God, whose right hand raised up blessed Peter the Apostle when he was walking on the waves lest he be submerged…).  

Provenance:   ex-collection of Brooklyn Museum of Art, acquired in 1919.  Deaccessioned and sold to support the museum collection

This leaf was sc ribed circa 1500.  This is a beautiful and highly ornamental original,  more than 500  years old , not a reproduction. It is in very fine  antiquarian condition as seen in the photos. -    It comes with a Certificate of Authenticity .  

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. 

We have been full-time dealers in Illuminated Manuscripts, Maps, Prints and Antiquities since 1980.
 
  • Condition: This is an original more than 500 years old, not a reproduction. In very fine antiquarian condition as seen in the photos, - Comes with certificate of authenticity.
  • Date of Publication: c. 1500
  • Type: Illuminated Manuscript
  • Place of Publication: France (Paris)
  • Language: Latin
  • Region: Europe
  • Author: medieval scribe
  • Material: Vellum
  • Subject: Religion, Bibles, Book of Hours, Medieval
  • Original/Facsimile: Original

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