Book of Hours (Italy, 15th century)

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15th century

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Leaf from a book of hours, containing the hours of Terce and Sext from the Hours of the Virgin, from the Terce "Oratio" through the first “Gloria patri” of Sext.

A small folio written in faded brown ink on both sides, with rubrication. On the verso there is a large illuminated O in a floral design with pink, blue, green, and yellow. Emerging from the bottom left corner of the O there are decorations of vines and fruit in pink green, and blue, with gold bezants.

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