HORAE BMV Miniature illuminated liturgical manuscript in La

Sale 2059 - Lot 142

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(HORAE B.M.V.) Miniature illuminated liturgical manuscript in Latin, written in Gothic script in black ink with rubrics in red, 12 lines, recto and verso, on vellum. with two large historiated initials (the first showing Virgin and Child, the second an owl) and two large initials with floral decoration, in colors and gold; smaller initials throughout alternately in blue and red. 229 leaves, including 4 blanks. 74x54 mm, 18th-century calf gilt, rear joint partly cracked. France, 15th century

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Contains calendar; Hours of the Virgin and other devotions; Penitential Psalms; Litany; and Office of the Dead.