Beschreibung:

Collection of leaves from Breviaries and Books of Hours, in Latin and Dutch, illuminated manuscripts on parchment [thirteenth to fifteenth century] Nine leaves (including a bifolium): (i) bifolium from a Breviary, each leaf with single column of 19 lines in a rustic early gothic bookhand, one-line initials in gold and blue, two larger initials in gold on blue and faded pink grounds, these gold bars and their grounds with pointed edges extending into margins, 115 by 90mm., Low Countries, thirteenth century; (ii) leaf from a Psalter-Hours, with 14 lines in a fine gothic bookhand, initials in gold on coloured grounds with line fillers in same filled with flower heads, geometric patterns and foliage, 158 by 115mm., France (perhaps Amiens), c. 1250; (iii) leaf from a Litany from a Book of Hours, with single column of 15 lines, almost every line with a gold initial on pink and blue grounds, line-fillers in same with gold shapes at their midpoints, northern France (Paris), c. 1440, 153 by 115mm.; (iv) leaf from the Calendar from a Book of Hours in Dutch, single column with 17 lines in red and brown, small initials in gold or blue, one large KL in gold on coloured grounds, with hairline foliage ending in hairy gold seedpods and blue-tipped tri-lobed flowers, Low Countries, fifteenth century, 165 by 119mm.; (v) leaf from a Book of Hours, Use of Sarum, single column of 19 lines in spiky script, red rubrics (longest: Incipiunt hore beate marie virginis secundum usum anglie), small initials in blue or gold on coloured grounds, one large initial D in brown enclosing blue foliage and on gold grounds, full border of hairline foliage with realistic flower buds and blue and silver acanthus leaves (silver now oxidised), Low Countries for the English market or perhaps England, c. 1450, 155 by 133mm.; plus three small leaves from other fifteenth-century Books of Hours, all with some darkened areas and occasional scuffs, overall good condition