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    The Dyson Perrins Hours (Use of Rome)

    In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment
    Central Italy, Umbria, doubtless Perugia, c. 1450-75
    With 4 full-page miniatures and 10 historiated initials by or from the close circle of Tommaso di Mascio Scarafone


    This is a little jewel of a manuscript of astonishing originality and beauty, with miniatures like the tiniest of Umbrian panel paintings...

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    The Ovray Hours (Use of Sarum)

    In Latin and Middle English, illuminated manuscript on parchment
    Southern Netherlands, likely Bruges, c. 1430 to before 1449
    With 8 miniatures by the Masters of Otto van Mordrecht (signed with stenciled “b”)


    Signed by the illuminator with small stencilled initials, this manuscript belongs to a group of Books of Hours that help us disentangle the commercial practices of book production in Bruges in the early to mid-fifteenth century...

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    Book of Hours (use of Rouen)

    In Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment
    Northern France (Rouen), c. 1490-1510
    4 large miniatures with architectural borders, 10 large arch-topped miniatures, 8 small miniatures, and 24 calendar miniatures by follower of the Master of the Échevinage of Rouen and the Playfair Hours Master, with borders by Jean Serpin


    The artists of this lavishly illuminated Book of Hours created a successful program of decoration that unites stylistic elements and iconography from earlier workshops active in Rouen c. 1460-1480, including the Master of the Échevinage of Rouen...

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