Photography & Ephemera

[BIBLE – HORAE LEAVES]. A group of 6 leaves on vellum from the Book of Hours, comprising: One leaf on vellum, in Latin. France, ca. 1450. 165 x 121 mm. Written in a Renaissance hand, 16 lines per page, six 1–line illuminated initials, one 2–line illuminated initial, illuminated line–filler, all heightened in gold. –– One leaf on vellum, in Latin. France, ca. 1450. 178 x 108 mm. Written in a Renaissance hand, 14 lines per page, three 1–line illuminated initials, illuminated line–filler, all heightened in gold. –– One leaf on vellum, in Latin. England, ca. 1350. 127 x 91 mm. Written in a Textura hand, one 1–line illuminated initial, tracery in the margins, all heightened in gold (old adhesive ghosting to outer margins). –– Three leaves printed on vellum, in Latin. Paris: Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, ca. 1496. 24 lines per page, initials in interlocking red and blue, metal cut historiated and ornamental borders (miniatures replaced with manuscript waste).