The Annunciation, from a Book of Hours, 1440/45, Workshop of the Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders, Flanders (Ghent or Tournai), Flanders, Manuscript with 230 folios, 12 full-page miniatures and other decorations in gold leaf, tempera and colored inks, and littera textualis inscriptions in Latin and French in dark black ink, ruled in red with red rubrics, on parchment, with two parchment fly leaves upper cover, three parchment fly leaves lower cover, sheets with gilded edges, in modern binding of brown morocco leather over wooden boards, 190 × 135 mm (book), 115 × 100 mm (sheets
The Annunciation, from a Book of Hours, 1440/45, Workshop of the Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders, Flanders (Ghent or Tournai), Flanders, Manuscript with 230 folios, 12 full-page miniatures and other decorations in gold leaf, tempera and colored inks, and littera textualis inscriptions in Latin and French in dark black ink, ruled in red with red rubrics, on parchment, with two parchment fly leaves upper cover, three parchment fly leaves lower cover, sheets with gilded edges, in modern binding of brown morocco leather over wooden boards, 190 × 135 mm (book), 115 × 100 mm (sheets), Book of Hours, 1480 (17th century binding), French (Bourges), possibly by Jean Colombe (French, flourished 1463-1498), France, Manuscript with 195 folios, 48 full-page miniatures and other decorations in tempera, gold leaf, and black, blue and red ink, with littera textualis inscriptions in Latin and French in light black ink, ruled in red ink, on parchment, bound in dark brown leather, with gold-stamped decoration along edges, on the spine, and on the upper and lower covers, paper endpapers and gilded edges, 50 × 30 mm (image, average), 93 × 62 mm (sheet, average)
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