Leaf from Dutch Book of Hours Written by a Female Scribe

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Exceptionally clean manuscript leaf from medieval prayer book beautifully scribed in Dutch in the mid 15th century (c. 1450)  21 lines of text on each side written in black ink with red rubric in a lovely gothic script on vellum.  1 large double line initial in red and numerous single line initials in red and blue.  The leaf is an example of the beautifully written leaves produced at the Augustinian Convent of St. Agnes in Delft.  The manuscript is from a prayer book scribed entirely by a female scribe.  Because so few women were taught to read and write in the fifteenth century, it is rare to find a medieval manuscript written by a female scribe.  The leaf is finely written and particularly bright.   

Size: 177 x 124 mm (approx 7.0 x 4.8 inches); justification: 95 x 63 mm. 

$185                                                          #IMC5178

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