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30 - Leaf from a Book of Hours, with cat-like drollery creatures with human heads in the border, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France, c. 1470], text in single column of 17 lines of lettre bâtarde, one- and 2-line initials in gold on blue and burgundy grounds, line-fillers in same with gold brushwork picking out scrolls on the coloured grounds, each page with a decorated border panel of sprays of coloured acanthus leaves and other hairline foliage supporting at their midpoints gold circular internal panels with red penwork smooth or notched outlines, these containing large cat-like animals with striped green and brown bodies and hairy wildman-like human heads with animal’s ears, slightly darkened at outer edge of leaf, a few small spots and stains, else excellent condition, 141 x 98mm.; in card mount
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Leaf from a Book of Hours, with cat-like drollery creatures with human heads in the border, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France, c. 1470], text in single column of 17 lines of lettre bâtarde, one- and 2-line initials in gold on blue and burgundy grounds, line-fillers in same with gold brushwork picking out scrolls on the coloured grounds, each page with a decorated border panel of sprays of coloured acanthus leaves and other hairline foliage supporting at their midpoints gold circular internal panels with red penwork smooth or notched outlines, these containing large cat-like animals with striped green and brown bodies and hairy wildman-like human heads with animal’s ears, slightly darkened at outer edge of leaf, a few small spots and stains, else excellent condition, 141 x 98mm.; in card mount
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