15th century AD. A finely decorated vellum leaf from a Renaissance Book of Hours, containing one single column of 20 lines, ruled in red, of written text in Latin; the text is a fine example of the popular Medieval script, used extensively for French vernacular books, known as lettre bâtarde; the leaf is executed in red, green, black, blue, grey and gold and bordered with a golden, frame-like decoration which ends in a beautiful composite terminal at the bottom; the vellum features a large series of illuminated and beautifully rendered initials from the Litaniae Omnium Sanctorum, The prayer of All Saints; trimmed and framed for display. 508 grams, 27.5 x 22.5cm (10 3/4 x 9"). From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s.