15 Sep 2014
Jean-Luc Deuffic

Auction : Heures à l’usage de Paris

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BONHAMS : 22 Sep 2014

Lot 9
HORAE.
Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Book of Hours in Latin, Use of Paris [Paris, first quarter of the fifteenth century].
142 leaves, 188 x 139 mm. 15 lines. 7 miniatures :
f 13 The Annunciation (slight flaking to chequered background) ;
f 36 (an extended 4-line initial D opening Prime, 42 x 35 mm) The Adoration ;
f 59 The Coronation of the Virgin ;
f 65 King David ;
f 83 The Crucifixion ;
f 91 Pentecost ;
f 98 A Funeral.
Provenance: SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES, 1833-1898

BONHAMS : 22 Sep 2014
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21845/lot/9/

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