(Illuminated manuscripts)

Description:

(Illuminated manuscripts), Illuminated manuscript page, probably 15th/16th century, folio the sheet depicting central roundel of St. John the Evangelist flanked by seven archangels within Gothic arches verso, and a further depiction of St. John writing a scroll with an eagle beside him recto, rendered in black ink, with blue, red, and green gouache and burnished gilt accenting, 17 7/8 x 12 in., (handling creases, scattered soiling and surface rubbing).
Estimate $500-700