Two leaves from a large Breviary, in Latin [perhaps Rhineland, 15th century]

two leaves, 365x270mm, vellum, 2 columns, 32 lines, 280x185mm, with parts of the Sanctorale from a Breviary, one with a painted and pen-flourished initial at the start of the Nativity of the Virgin (8 Sept.), the other including Sts Gordianus and Epimachus (10 May), and Nereus and Achilleus (12 May), in good condition

The style of script and decoration is similar to that of the northern Netherlands, but more Germanic, so an origin in the Rhineland, or perhaps between the Meuse and Rhine, seems likely. Sold individually in our rooms, 14 July 1981, lots 39 and 40 ('Germany or Netherlands, fifteenth century'), to the present owner.