(MANUSKRYPT illuminated on parchment card).

(MANUSKRIPT illuminated on parchment card).

The card comes from a book of so-called "Hours", from a French workshop, dated ca. 1430. Dimensions: 11.6 x 8 cm.
Good condition. 4 gilt initials, 2 color initials, ornaments decorated with floral and animal motifs. Reverse of card only text, without ornaments. Hours - a paraliturgical prayer in the Catholic Church, usually of an intercessory nature. Arranged according to the hours of the breviary. It should be performed as a choral dialogical canon, but can also be an individual prayer, including recited. The most popular are the Hours of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. B. rare . 9360/5