Illuminated Manuscript Leaf on Vellum.

Book of Hours

Unknown scribe & illuminator, 1490

Gorgeous original, hand-drawn leaf on parchment probably from a book of hours.  6 x 4 inches, attractively framed and matted. Dimensions in glass-fronted frame: 13 1/4 x 19 inches.  No date, presumed to be circa late 15th - early 16th cent.  16 lines with painted border in gold and blue; 4 illuminated initials, the largest covering 4-lines.