French School, circa 1440

Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

French School, circa 1440

Annunciation to the Shepherds

Miniature on a leaf from a Book of Hours in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum;

single leaf, 163 by 121 mm, ruled for 16 lines of text per page in a fine gothic textura script, comprising start of the hour of Terce in the Hours of the Virgin, the miniature above a four-line foliate illuminated initial and surrounded by a full foliate border, the verso with illuminated one- and two-line initials and line-fillers and a one-sided border of gold leafy sprays