Two leaves from an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours, in Latin, on vellum, [France, second half of the fifteenth century], unexamined out of frame, but approximately 140 x 200mm., text on both leaves from a Litany of saints, with text in single column of 15 lines of a professional gothic bookhand, rubric in red, ‘Or[ate]’ abbreviations struck through in red for emphasis, capitals touched in red, one-line initials in gold on blue or gold grounds, line-fillers in gold shapes on bi-coloured oblong grounds, one leaf with a large initial ‘K’ (3-lines in height) on pink and blue quartered grounds, with foliage sprigs sprouting in the margin from this large initial that terminate in gold and coloured leaves, slight cockling to edge of one leaf, a few spots and stains, else in excellent condition, framed in glass on both sides; with a small cutting from the gloss of an Italian legal manuscript of the thirteenth or fourteenth century, with two coloured initials and 17 lines of text visible, recovered from reuse in a later binding and hence scuffed and stained, this also in gilt frame (3)