Ventes live - Lot 148
[French - Leaf]
Illuminated leaf of a book of Hours.
[Paris, ca. 1520]
Prix de marteau: €
240
€ 300 / 400
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Description du lot
Woodcut, 14 x 9,5 cm, on vellum.
Fine hand-coloured engraving of St John on Pathmos surrounded by a Renaissance framework. The text, the opening chapter of the Gospel of John, is printed in Gothic textura. On the verso a Calendar containing a Litany of saints celebrated in December (Barbara, Nicolas, Lucy, etc.).