[FINELY ILLUMINATED BIFOLIUM from a BOOK OF HOURS]

Two conjoined leaves, with text in single column of 16 lines of an excellent late gothic bookhand, rubrics in gold, one- and 2-line initials in blue or pink enclosing swirls of coloured foliage on gold grounds, line-fillers in foliate and geometric designs in same, one large initial 'D' in blue, enclosing sprigs of foliage within lattice-like patterns of shoots, each leaf with a full border of densely packed foliage of coloured acanthus leaves and floral sprays within a mass of hairline shoots, these terminating in gold seedpods and coloured flowers and bezants, a few spots and stains, else excellent condition, each leaf: 190 by 140mm