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France; Early 16th Century. Latin Text; Cursive Gothic Script.

This beautiful manuscript leaf was written and illuminated about the year 1535 A.D. At this late date Books of Hours were also being printed in great numbers by such famous French…

France; Early 14th Century. Latin Text; Angular Gothic Script; Gregorian Notation.

At important festival services such as Christmas and Easter these small hymnals were generally used by the laymen as they walked in procession to the various…

This illuminated page was made in Flanders in about 1475. The writing is in a single 14-line column, the border on both sides is a firmly-defined rectangle latticed into triangles filled with cinnamon, deep sky blue, and gold which frame simple…

Illuminated with red and blue bordering around the capital letters and ivy in the margins.

From Northern France. Illuminated leaf with elaborate border showing a banner, ivy, flowers in blue and red, as well as woodland creatures.

Illuminated 15 line leaf with vines and strawberries on the outer edge of the leaf. Foliated with a 97 in the upper right hand corner of the recto side of the leaf.

From the Abbey of St. Louis at Poissey in Paris. Seven four line staves in red.

Limited edition of 500. Hand-folded brochure, letterpress blue ink on white paper with red hand-stamping. Impractical Labor lists and discusses the 39 Melachot, the 39 categories of work used in building the Temple, and also the types of work…

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Center for Book Arts, New York, Sept. 23-Dec. 5, 2009. "Exhibition presents the work by a dozen female artists whose artistic practice is informed by the tradition of the comic book/graphic novel" --P. 3. Errata…