Illuminated Manuscript leaf from a Flemish Book of Hours - Calendar for May and June, circa 1460
Illuminated manuscript leaf, from a Flemish Book of Hours, Use of Sarum.
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Category: Medieval manuscripts > Text Leaf
An illuminated vellum leaf from the calendar of a fifteenth-century Latin Book of Hours, containing the months of May (recto) and June (verso).
Bruges, ca. 1460, made for English use. (Use of Sarum)Both pages are headed by large decorative KL initials (Kalendae), executed in burnished gold and colours, with blue and pink penwork extensions.
The calendar is written in a fine Gothic textualis hand in dark ink, with important feast days highlighted in red. The left-hand columns feature Roman calendar dates, dominical letters, and coloured penwork flourishes.
Sheet size: 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½ inches).Condition: Generally well preserved