Book of Hours Leaf

Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours. 20 lines of ruled gothic textura script, written in Dutch with dark brown ink, on a very thin animal vellum. Rubrics (headings) and versal initials in red. Books of Hours are personal prayer books of a devout and status-conscious society and are not only works of art, but cultural documents of their time. They reveal a unique combination of sacred and secular imagery – made of the finest materials, by the best craftsmen, for a small audience, which could both appreciate and afford them.

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