farfel_n01_133_059

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Philip Duschnes
New York
Dec '76 $15.00

Double Manuscript leaf -
Book of Hours Flemish, 15th C.
Written in lettre batarde in black ink with
many small illuminated initials throughout the text
17 lines to the page. 3 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches
leaf 52 51 leaf
Psalm 44 + 23
In Flanders, not only miniature painting + the writing of texts
but also the various aspects of book decoration were separate
specialties, controlld by their various guilds. The border
painters evolved a new type of border. To go c the realistic
miniature: a flat broad band, usually of gold, strewn
c the most tangible blossoms + insects, or a still life
setting in the midst of which, seen as though distantly
through an arched window, the miniature was set.
Flemish manuscripts came to the forefront towards teh end of
the 15th C. at a time when French books were beginning
to lose their vitality. Out of the school of Flemish miniaturists
arose in the 15th C the group of panel painters that
began c the Van Eycks + went on to include Van der
Weyden + Memling.
← Kalendars - The dates are reckoned according to the Roman
system + preceded usually by the Golden Numbers +
the Sunday letters. Holidays of obligation are marked in
red. Large capitals KI which stand for Kalendare,
the 1st day of the month.

Bâtarde - all letteres have taken on the pointed + slanted appearance
for which the script is brown
-- heavy shading of the descenders R. Propterea benedixit....
Matins Ps. Celi enauant...(Ps 18) Pater noster... Tercia sexta
A. Sicut myna electa... 2nd Nocturn for Tues. and Friday
A. Ante thorum A. Specie tua
Ps. Domini est tena...(Ps 23) Ps. Eructavit coc meum...(Ps 44)
A. Ante thorum nuius virginis... A. Specic tue et pulchritudino....
V. Dif ussa est A. Adiuvabit eam.