Medieval Book of Hours Leaf, c. 1460

Original leaf from a medieval Book of Hours. 15 lines of text, ruled in red, written in Latin with dark brown in gothic script on animal vellum. Eight one-line initials alternating in gold with blue pen-work. This leaf is from Southeastern France, Aix or Marseilles, c. 1460. ( Made for a patron most likely residing in Provence, along the stretch between Aix & Marseilles – a region host to scribes & artists from all over Europe).Books of Hours are personal prayer-brooks of a devout and status-conscious society are not only works of art, but a 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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