Late medieval layout for liturgical MSS

130. 15th-century Breviary
Breviary. Loire valley (probably Tours), France;  c. 1470.

MS single leaf; vellum; 184 x 125  mm

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A leaf from a Breviary (The Fest of the Ascension), written in Gothic textura semi-quadrata script. A historiated initial (6 line) of the Resurrected Christ in camaïeu d'or on deep red ground (style of Jean Fouquet), with the full-length illuminated floral border.

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