Medieval Book of Hours Leaf, c.1420

Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Book of Hours. 20 lines of ruled gotic textura script, written in Dutch with dark brown ink, on animal vellum. Rubrics ( headings ) in red, and writen in Dutch or Latin.This leaf is from the Netherlands and is dated around 1420.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 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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