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Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from the Office of St. Mary Magdalene
1450ref. 007081France 1450. No Binding. Very Good. A fine illuminated leaf on vellum from a Latin Breviary of Book of Hours containing part of the homily XXXIII on the Gospels by St. Gregory the Great read during the Office for the Feast of Saint Mary Magdaline. Written in two columns of 27 lines in a handsome Gothic Textualis Quadrata ruled in red in black and red ink with alternating blue and red initials heightened with delicate pen flourishing extending into the margins. Rubrics in red. The text opens "De sancta Maria Magdalena." recounting Mary Magdalene's penitence and devotion an evocative passage central to her medieval cult. Condition: Fine for its age. Vellum bright and clean with light natural cockling and a few faint handling marks. Inks unfaded rubrication vivid. Handsomely matted and framed with gilt border. Visible area: 5 x 4 in. 127 x 102 mm Frame size: 15 x 11 inches. An attractive and well-preserved example of 15th century devotional manuscript art unknown
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