A pageant of manuscript books from the 13th to the 19th centuries |
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added Adversary Aosta appear Arabic artist BIBLIOGRAPHIE binding bishop blank Book of Hours bordures Briquet brown ink burnished gold calendar calendrier century Champion des dames Church Coëtivy contemporary dark brown David David Solomon decorated décoration Dimension enluminures example feuillets filigranes first floral flyleaf folios French gatherings gothic hand Hebrew Holy ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION incipit including Initial D Italy Jean le Noir Jean Pucelle jeu d'échecs l'Adversaire l'encre brune landscape LATIN lettres gothiques Library lignes liquid gold liturgical liturgiques livre d'heures Livre des Prières made Maître du Livre MANUSCRIT ENLUMINÉ Martin Master medieval miniatures Mishneh Torah New York order ornamental ornée Painting parchemin parchment penwork pleine-page poème Prayer prayers printed PROVENANCE Psalms Psalter psautier red and blue réglure Reliure rouge et bleu rubrics ruled Saint sancta scribe script sermons Sotheby's style TEXT ff vellum Vierge Virgin Vouloir Women work written XIIIe siècle