Medieval Book of Hours Leaf – 7 Requests to Our Lord

Original leaf from a late-medieval manuscript prayer book, the Book of Hours. 16 lines of text, ruled in red, written in French with dark brown ink in Gothic script on animal vellum. Three two-line and three one-line initials in gold, on blue and red ground, with delicate white tracery. 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. Circa 1450-1470

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