ESCHER A[lbert] v[on]:Livre Rare Book
FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
1440ST11459-11Paris ca. 1440. 121 x 89 mm. 4 3/4 x 3 1/2". Single column 15 lines of text in a very fine gothic book hand. <br/> Rubrics in red with multiple one-line initials and line fillers all in blue maroon and burnished gold and with two-line initials in the same colors and gold but also enclosing charming flowers on scrolling stems with marginal extension in the form of gilt ivy leaves on sinuous stems and WITH A FINE SWIRLING PANEL BORDER ON EACH SIDE featuring flowers leaves strawberries and many burnished gold ivy leaves on hairline stems. IN FINE CONDITION with the paint and gold bright fresh and entirely intact.<br/> <br/> This is a lovely little leaf from a fragment of a Book of Hours that obviously was produced for a client of considerable means by skilled craftsmen in a Parisian studio probably a little before the middle of the 15th century. This was clearly intended to be put into a book that could be carried easily on one's person and part of what makes it so charming is this portable size. unknown
