Set Reminder2021-07-10 11:00:002021-07-10 11:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Splendor | Part One - Day 2 https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/thomaston-place/splendor-part-one---day-2-7113 The first of two "splendor-filled" Summer Auction Weekends scheduled for July and August. Part One (July) - Day 2 presents fine art, from Old Masters to contemporary artists, plus furniture, Asian arts and decorative items.Thomaston Place Auction Galleries info@thomastonauction.com
A single leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin, on vellum, written in small elegant 'lettre batarde' script, ruled in red ink in a single column of 16 lines. Three-quarter illuminated border of gold leaves on scrolling black ink stems interspersed with colored flowers and foliage. One and two-line decorated initials in burnished gold on red and blue ground with white tracery. Text is a Hymn to the Virgin. In a gold frame, floated within mat, glazed, OS: 15 1/2" x 12 1/2", sheet size: 3 5/8" x 2 5/8". Good condition.