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Collection of illuminated manuscripts and fragments, chiefly Italian, acquired by the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art from 1868 to 1895.
Series
Identifier: MSS.25241-25251
Dates:
14th century-18th century.
Miniature from a book of hours painted in the style of Jean Bourdichon.
Item
Identifier: MS.8999
Scope and Contents
The miniature depicts St Luke writing in his study, the walls of which are enriched with coloured marble and Renaissance decoration. The bull, his symbol, appears in the lower right-hand corner. The miniature is in a gold frame, the outer edge of which has been trimmed. Written in red capitals across the bottom of the frame is the text '[I]n illo tempore missus est Angelus Gabri[el]'. The verso contains Luke 1, 26-34 in eighteen lines of littera bastarda. Its left-hand margin has a border...
Dates:
[Circa 1500.]