Title: Bifolium from an Illuminated Book of Hours, France, Circa 1450. Illuminated Manuscript on Parchment. Psalms 24-25, with Outer Borders
Condition: Very Good
A manuscript leaf from a late 15th century illuminated Book of Hours, produced in France.
The leaf in written in Latin, and in brown ink using a gothic script.
There are several 1–2-line initials painted in pink or blue, as well as similarly colored line fillers. There are also illustrated borders to the outer margin of each page with acanthus sprays, fruiting vines, and gold set against a dense black ink trellis, with foliage in red, blue, green, and orange.
The bifolium contains Psalms 24–25, from the Hours of the Virgin at Prime.
One illuminated manuscript bifolium on parchment, 15.2 x 11 cm
This manuscript is in very good shape, with light wear to the parchment, and the bifolium partially split, but holding.