Hand-colored Metalcut from French Book of Hours, and
Hand-colored Metalcut from French Book of Hours, and Seven Initials.
Parchment leaf with a full-page metalcut of the Virgin Mary with emblems of the immaculate conception: including rose bush, a mirror, tree of Jesse, fountain, and others, Mary in a white dress, with joined hands, and God above; hand-colored in blue, red, brown, and green, with gilt highlights, with prayers printed in gothic letter on the verso, gilt-illuminated marginal illustration, and small hand-written initials in colors with gilt highlights, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.; [together with] seven illuminated initials trimmed from a manuscript, each approximately 2 1/2 x 3 in. (8)
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Hand-colored Metalcut from French Book of Hours, and Seven Initials.
Parchment leaf with a full-page metalcut of the Virgin Mary with emblems of the immaculate conception: including rose bush, a mirror, tree of Jesse, fountain, and others, Mary in a white dress, with joined hands, and God above; hand-colored in blue, red, brown, and green, with gilt highlights, with prayers printed in gothic letter on the verso, gilt-illuminated marginal illustration, and small hand-written initials in colors with gilt highlights, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.; [together with] seven illuminated initials trimmed from a manuscript, each approximately 2 1/2 x 3 in. (8)
