Lot 6
  • 6

Two men in conversation, historiated Initial on a leaf from an early and lavishly illuminated Psalter-Hours, in Latin [northern France?, c.1250]

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • bodycolour on vellum
single leaf, c.178x133mm, vellum, 20 lines, c.152x87mm, consisting of Psalms 76:18–77:11, with a LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL, some LINE-FILLERS WITH ANIMALS, foliated ‘123’, the edges cropped, affecting the face of one pen-drawn line-filler and the ears of another

Catalogue Note

From the same manuscript as the previous and the following lots.