A Leaf with Luke 1:26-35, Book of Hours (Illuminated Manuscript)
Item
Identifier: 2016-001
Scope and Contents
Single columns of 16 lines of Latin in gothic hand. Recto with five-line miniature of the winged Ox of St Luke marking the opening of a reading from his Gospel narrating the Annunciation ‘in that time the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth…’. Verso without any decoration.
Dates
- 1475
Extent
1 Sheets
Language of Materials
Latin
Materials Specific Details
Origin: Northern France, c.a. 1475
Material: Vellum (c. 175 x 125mm)
Provenance: Berhard Quaritch Ltd, London, United Kingdom
- Language of description
- Latin
- Script of description
- Latin