HANDSOME 15TH-CENTURY ILLUMINATED ITALIAN MISSAL LEAF
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT. Illuminated leaf from a manuscript missal. Italy, 15th century. Single vellum leaf, measuring 9 by 13 inches, scribed in black, red and blue inks. Window matted and framed, entire piece measures 14 by 17-1/2 inches. $4200.
Lovely illuminated leaf from a 15th-century Italian missal in Latin, featuring a beautiful, 7-line decorated initial in blue and red with a quatrefoil pattern with an elaborate, similarly patterned red and blue border on the left.
This lovely illuminated vellum leaf from a Italian missal has 25 lines of script in two columns on each side; in addition to the large initial there is one two-line initial in red and blue decorated with delicate extenders in the margins.
About-fine condition, beautifully matted and framed.