The Massacre of the Innocents, miniature on a leaf, followed by twenty-one text leaves from a Book of Hours, in Latin and French [France (Paris), c.1490s]

twenty-two leaves, each c.152x109mm, vellum, opening with a miniature for Vespers in the Hours of the Virgin, collation i10-3 (lacking v-vii), ii1 (lacking all other leaves), iii8-2 (lacking i-ii, miniature for the Penitential Psalms), iv8, ending with a French rubric announcing the Hours of the Cross, 19 lines, c.85x55mm, ALL TEXT LEAVES WITH PARTIAL BORDERS, slightly stained towards edges, border on last leaf slightly smudged

From the same manuscript as two other large miniatures and a bifolium, sold in our rooms, 6 December 2011, lot 10.

The style is close to that of the MASTER OF JACQUES DE BESANÇON who was active in Paris in the late 15th century.