Manuscript leaf on vellum. With large initial painted in liquid gold, red, green, blue, and white; rubrics in red and blue. Exquisite illuminated manuscript leaf, featuring an 'O' with flower, outlined in gold and surrounded by elaborate tracery. The leaf is of a liturgical nature, and the text following the illuminated initial features the Vulgate text of Matthew 2, describing the immediate aftermath of the birth of Jesus, including the three magi and King Herod's jealousy at the news of the birth of a supposed King of the Jews.
Manuscript leaf on vellum. With large initial painted in liquid gold, red, green, blue, and white; rubrics in red and blue. Exquisite illuminated manuscript leaf, featuring an 'O' with flower, outlined in gold and surrounded by elaborate tracery. The leaf is of a liturgical nature, and the text following the illuminated initial features the Vulgate text of Matthew 2, describing the immediate aftermath of the birth of Jesus, including the three magi and King Herod's jealousy at the news of the birth of a supposed King of the Jews.
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