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Western Europe, Belgium, Flanders, ca. 1450 CE. A stunning vellum folio presenting as two double-sided pages from a manuscript each containing 20 lines of Gothic Flemish script in black ink and featuring a lovely phytomorphic adornment in a rich hue of vermillion red in the left margin of one page. The first letter of each new section is beautifully enlarged and rendered in either azurite blue or vermillion red. The largest letter, "G", is embellished with a decorative square and 5 petaled flower. Small dashes of red dot the text, shadowing lines in some of the words and adding an ornamental element to the black-letter script. A fine pair of pages from the Northern Renaissance! Size: 8.25" W x 5.75" H (21 cm x 14.6 cm)

The word "manuscript" literally means "written by hand" and comes from the Latin words manus (hand) and scriptus (writing). The book which this page came from would have been the creation of several skilled individuals who devoted many hours to their respective tasks.

Provenance: ex Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000

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#158257

  • Condition: Light staining and wrinkling commensurate with age. 7 small holes in center where pages were removed from binding. Otherwise, excellent.

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