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[Medieval manuscripts. Miniatures]. (Mary holding the Christ child,...
[Medieval manuscripts. Miniatures]. (Mary holding the Christ child, surrounded by four angels). Large arched miniature in colours and gold on vellum, ±8,1x5,7 cm., on a leaf from a Book of Hours, France, late 15th cent., Latin text in black ink, littera textualis, ±15x10,5 cm. (leaf), ±8,3x5,7 cm. (text), 3/ 14 lines, one 3-line richly decorated initial, richly flourished full border w. flowers, acanthus leaves, a grotesque figure and birds on a golden underground.[*]
- Some loss of paint in the canopy under which Mary is seated and from the cloak of one of the angels.
= Miniature accompanying the prayer to the Virgin Mary "Obscero te". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
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[Medieval manuscripts. Miniatures]. (Mary holding the Christ child, surrounded by four angels). Large arched miniature in colours and gold on vellum, ±8,1x5,7 cm., on a leaf from a Book of Hours, France, late 15th cent., Latin text in black ink, littera textualis, ±15x10,5 cm. (leaf), ±8,3x5,7 cm. (text), 3/ 14 lines, one 3-line richly decorated initial, richly flourished full border w. flowers, acanthus leaves, a grotesque figure and birds on a golden underground.[*]
- Some loss of paint in the canopy under which Mary is seated and from the cloak of one of the angels.
= Miniature accompanying the prayer to the Virgin Mary "Obscero te". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIV.
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