Thirteen full-page miniatures by the Parisian atelier of Maître François, ornately painted in vibrant colours and liquid gold.
Category: Illuminated Initials
BOOK OF HOURS, Use of Saintes
A tiny Book of Hours produced in Paris for the extremely rare south-western French Use of Saintes.
Leaf from a Missal
A text leaf from what was once part of a deluxe Missal ornately illuminated for an English patron by an associate of the Fastolf Master.
COSIMO I de’ Medici
A PATENT LETTER GRANTING THE CITIZENSHIP OF FLORENCE TO THE GRAND DUKE’S OWN PHYSICIAN
TAULER [with] ECKHART [with] [RULMAN]
TAULER’S AND ECKHART’S FIRST PRINTED WORKS
MAXIMUS of Turin et al. (Fragment)
AN ELEVENTH CENTURY HAGIOGRAPHIC FRAGMENT
BOOK OF HOURS (Fragment)
SIX BEAUTIFUL LEAVES FROM A FRENCH BOOK OF HOURS
MINIATURE (Initial C)
A MINIATURE FROM A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY CHOIRBOOK
MINIATURE (Initial P)
AN EXQUISITE INITIAL ‘P’ FROM A LATE MEDIEVAL CHOIR BOOK
PLINY THE ELDER
MAGNIFICENT ILLUMINATED LARGE FOLIO EDITION OF PLINY