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King David playing the Psaltery, historiated initial on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin [Italy (Florence), c.1470-80]
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Description
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single leaf, 133x93mm, vellum, with a historiated initial 'D' with a full border for the Penitential Psalms, 14 lines, 75x50mm, small tear in outer margin
Catalogue Note
Acquired from the collection of Christoph Leon, Switzerland.
This leaf is a fine example of the work of SER RICCIARDO DI NANNI, a priest who lived at Castelfiorentino from around 1430 to 1480 and whose work as an illuminator is documented from 1449. He was particularly favoured for the illustration of classical texts by Piero and Giovanni de' Medici.