Null Illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1500. Black and red ink on vellum from a b…

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Illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1500. Black and red ink on vellum from a book of hours. With fifteen lines of text. The recto with a three-line letter I in gold leaf with blue and red pen-flourish decoration of geometric motifs. The recto with two lovely and ornate illustrations of crawling vines with gold leaves and blooms of red and blue. The verso with one illustration of this vine. Provenance: Berlin auction, 2002; W. Wolf, Antiquarian, Minneapolis, MN; Private Minnesota Collection. Sight; height: 6 in x width: 5 in. Framed; height: 13 1/4 in x width: 11 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.

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Illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1500. Black and red ink on vellum from a book of hours. With fifteen lines of text. The recto with a three-line letter I in gold leaf with blue and red pen-flourish decoration of geometric motifs. The recto with two lovely and ornate illustrations of crawling vines with gold leaves and blooms of red and blue. The verso with one illustration of this vine. Provenance: Berlin auction, 2002; W. Wolf, Antiquarian, Minneapolis, MN; Private Minnesota Collection. Sight; height: 6 in x width: 5 in. Framed; height: 13 1/4 in x width: 11 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.

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