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1490 · Best.-Nr. 007087 — Flanders 1490. No Binding. Very Good. A single leaf from a late fifteenth-century illuminated manuscript likely a compact devotional Book of Hours made in the Ghent-Bruges region of Flanders c. 1490-1500. Measuring approx. 205 x 125 mm the leaf is laid out in 33 lines of Gothic textura quadrata in one column with French rubrics and Latin text. The top margin features a richely painted minature showing the Man of Sorrows Christ bearing his wounds accompanied by an angel set in a deep ultramarine panel with burnished gold and green winged figure. The text block is accompanied by alternating gold and blue intials delicate penwork and some red rubrication. The text appears to be communion prayers "Domine lesu Christe qui hanc scratissimam carnem." followed by "Domine non sum dignus ut intres subtectum meun." etc. likely from the "Hours of the Cross" or "Hours of the Holy Communion" section of a Book of Hours for the French market. The vellum is of fine quality with a smooth parchment surface minimal hair-side texture. The leaf retains its original marginal trimming with slight irregularity and appears to have been removed from a volume but with no visible signs of later trimming or cropping of the illumination. The leaf is stable clean with very light toning at the edges. The minature remains vibrant with no flaking of pigment. The blank ink text remains sharp with good contrast. Overall a very fine well-preserved example of a late medieval Flemish illuminated leaf with minature. Ships unmatted and unframed unknown