Late medieval layout for liturgical MSS |
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130. 15th-century Breviary | |
Breviary. Loire valley
(probably Tours), France; c. 1470. MS single leaf; vellum; 184 x 125 mm |
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[recto] 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. [ョ verso] |
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[170X 9/2, 17] |