Extent: 1 leaf : color illuminations ; 195 x 135 (119 x 75) mm
Note:
Title devised by cataloger. Illumination by an undifferentiated group of artists from Bruges in the second quarter of the 15th century, known for the curlicue gold lines on panel backgrounds, hence the designation "Gold Scrolls." Verso has 16 ruled lines. Recto has a four-line capital D in blue with white penwork highlights on gold grounds infilled with brightly colored tendrils and leaves on a crosshatch pattern, known as diaper pattern. Full border with bright foliage in red, green, and gold. A winged dragon is perched in the lower right corner. Likely the first pages of the Matins hour in a Book of Hours. Text on recto, continuing to verso: "Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis. Domine labia mea aperies et os meum adnuntiabit la[udem tuam]."
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