A noble man and his wife in adoration of St William, and St Genevieve, two small miniatures on a leaf from a Book of Hours, in Latin [France (Paris), c.1500-10]

single leaf, c.170x100mm, vellum, with two small miniatures and three-sided borders including droleries for the suffrages, 17 lines, c.105x60mm, in pencil at top of recto '13', the rubric for the suffrage of St Genevieve covered with a slim strip of paper, vellum slightly cockled, with pigment loss and some rubbing, in a double-sided frame

St William was presumably the namesake of the noble man shown in prayer with his wife, kneeling in the margin next to the Saint's image. The fine illumination is close to the work of the MASTER OF MARTAINVILLE, active in Paris in the early 16th century. Characteristic for his work is his playful approach to experiment with unusual layouts.