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    Prayer Book

    In Latin (with some French), illuminated manuscript on parchment

    Rediscovery of a Prayer Book associating two distinct artists, with an
    impressive number of forty-four large miniatures (grisaille and
    colored), as well as five smaller miniatures.

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    Book of Hours (Use of Cambrai)

    In Latin, with some French, illuminated manuscript on parchment

    With an exceptionally large number of historiated initials, painted in bright vibrant colors,this
    delicate Book of Hours was copied for the liturgical use of Cambrai,
    but painted in nearby Mons, artistic capital of Hainaut.

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