Live auction - Lot 40

[Miniature - France]

Large illuminated "P" initial, with a short descender, on vellum leaf. Fragment extracted from an antiphonary or a gradual (?).

[France?, c. 1500]


Hammer price: € 400

€ 400 / 600

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Lot description

1 f. (fragment 17 x 19 cm; initial 15,5 x 12 cm).

Under passe-partout and wooden frame: 25,5 x 27 cm (not studied outside frame).

Very charming floral initial with coloured floral infill on burnished gold ground and with blue ground inside the bowl of the letter.
Joined: 2 blue and 2 blue red pen-flourished initials (9 x 9 cm). 17th c. Under gilt wooden frame: 17 x 17 cm (not studied outside frame). (5 pcs)

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Lot 40

Large illuminated "P" initial, with a short descender, on vellum leaf. Fragment extracted from an antiphonary or a gradual (?).

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