11-21-200411-21-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2256Boston
November 21, 2004 11:00 AMCalender
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(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf)

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$7,050$6,000
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2256Location: BostonDate / Time: November 21, 2004 11:00AM

Description:

(Illuminated Manuscript Leaf), one illuminated Breviary leaf, c. 1480, probably Florentine, on vellum, from the Vigil of the Assumption, thirty-six lines, the decoration includes red and blue rubrication, gilt highlighted blue, lavender, and green foliate scrolls and historiated left border with portraits of apostles, mounted in a mat, framed, (minor soiling).
Estimate $1,000-1,500

Keywords

Assumption