| | s.l. [Nord de la France - Nothern France], s.d.[circa 1510], size of the parchment 19 x 13 cm or 7.48 x 5.12 inches, gothica bastarda, one initial raised with blue and red colors (wears), rubrication alternatively in red and "blue". Vellum coming from a Book of Hours for the use of Rome. Large metal-cut with the Archangel Gabriel who bring the Announce to the Blessed Mary (some yellowings). Above is head a lettered label with the device "Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum". This scene is surrounded by 4 cuts of Biblical scenes in outer margin and by 3 cuts (one woman and 2 men) in the lower margin. On verso there are also 4 cuts of Biblical scene and 3 figures (2 women and one man). These illustrations surround a text which begin with words of psalm 50, ver. 17 "Domine labia mea aperies et os meum adnuntiabit laudem tuam". Some wears on one side of the vellum .
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