12. The Visitation, single leaf from a Book of Hours, lluminated manuscript on vellum, large miniature depicting St Elizabeth kneeling before the Virgin and gently touching her stomach, 2 angels behind the Virgin, all in front of a large castle entrance, with a hilly landscape behind, more buildings in the far distance and a human figure trudging up a path, large initial ‘’D’ below, in blue and white on a gold background, decorated with flowers, and 4 lines of text, in a full panel border of foliage, fruit and flowers, in gold and colours, 12 lines of text on verso (ruled for 14) , small initials and line-fillers in gold, red and blue, 155 x 110 mm., [ ? Rouen, c. 1470].
est. £1200 – £1800