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 (?).
Hammer price: €
400
€ 400 / 600
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Lot description
[France?, c. 1500]
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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