78/2462
[Medieval manuscripts]. Leaf from a Book of Hours,
Northern Netherlands (Haarlem), ±1470, Middledutch text in black ink on vellum, rubricated, recto and verso, 12,5x9,5 cm. (leaf), 7,5x5 cm. (text), 15 lines to each page, one 2-line initial in blue ink, heightened w. gold w. penwork flourishes extending into left margin (so-called Holland style, most probably Haarlem).
= For similar penwork decoration see A.S. Korteweg, Kriezels etc. p.101: "Opvallend is het lange, smalle acanthusblad". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
€ (150-250) 150