Anonymous Northeastern Italian illuminator - photo 1
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Anonymous Northeastern Italian illuminator

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14.12.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 870756
Lot 26 | Anonymous Northeastern Italian illuminator
Anonymous Northeastern Italian illuminator

St John the Baptist and Sts Peter and Paul, two historiated initials on a bifolium from a Missal, use of the Augustinian Hermits, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [north-eastern Italy, 1490s]

A large bifolium from a Missal for Augustinian use painted in north-eastern Italy with two fine historiated initials.



Each leaf 355 x 250mm. Modern pagination ‘335-336’ and ‘341-342’, the first rubric on p.335 opens the introit for the Vigil of St John the Baptist, two columns of 32 lines, ruled space: 230 x 165mm, rubrics in red, one- to three- line initials alternately in red flourished with light blue and in dark blue flourished with red or purple, two historiated initials on burnished gold grounds: p.336 initial ‘D’ opening the introit for the Nativity of John the Baptist (‘De ventre matris mee’) with a full-length border extension with terminal sprays of scrolling penwork tendrils supporting foliage and disks of colours and gold; p.341 initial ‘N’ opening the introit for the feast of Sts Peter and Paul (‘Nunc scio vere quia misit’) with a marginal extension of scrolling acanthus leaves and penwork tendrils (remnants of support at hinge).



Provenance:

(1) From a Missal for the use of the Augustinian Hermits sold at Christie's, 8 June 2005, lot 32.



Illumination:

The style of the illumination and its rich colouring set against burnished gold suggest an origin in northern Italy.





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Place of origin:Italy, Europe
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