Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
"Death of the Virgin" leaf from a Book of Hours in Latin, Bruges, circa 1460
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Dealer description: Mounted on a later sheet of vellum. A large rectangular miniature depicting the Virgin Mary on her deathbed, surrounded by the Apostles, this enclosed by a wide and ornate bar border in pink and blue with gold tracery, the frame outlined in burnished gold and with floral cornerpieces in colors and gold, this within a full floral border filled many leaves and flowers in color and gold. All four ruled margins trimmed away (with some loss at each edge), minor flaking of gold...
Dates:
ca. 1250-1460