Book of Hours Leaf

This is an original leaf from a late-medieval manuscript, the Book of Hours. The text consists of 15 lines, riled in red, written in Latin with dark brown ink in a clear Gothic script on animal vellum.The leaf comes from a book whose style was influenced by Maitre Francois. The fine floral panel border on both sides of the leaf has acanthus leaves in blue and liquid gold and identifiable flowers set on a geometric background of liquid gold.Book of Hours are personal prayer books of a devout and status-conscious society and are not only works of art, but cultural documents of the 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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