Description:
Verso: Text in Latin written in an assured Gothic bookhand on vellum. Ruled in red and rubrics in red. Three two-line illuminated initials in raised and highly burnished gold on a ground of blue and pink outlined in black and with white penwork. Capitals touched in yellow.Recto: As Verso, with one two-line illuminated initial as Verso and one one-line initial in blue with red penwork..
Origin: Northern France, probably Paris.
Date: c.1475
Content: The text is from The Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Vespers. The first illuminated initial E' on Verso begins the prayer:
Exaudi nos deus salutaris noster et apostolorum tuorum petyri et pauli nos tuere presidiis quorum donasti fideles esse doctrinis.
(Hear us, God, our saviour, and protect us from the sieges of your apostles Peter and Paul whose teachings you have given us to be faithful.)
The text continues:
Omnes sancti tui quaesumus Domine nos ubique adiuvent: ut dum eorum merita recolimus, patrocinia sentiamus: et pacem tuam nostris concede… Read More
