Bidspirit auction | MINIATURE.- TREE OF JESSE.- Hand-illuminated

MINIATURE.- TREE OF JESSE.- Hand-illuminated woodcut, belonging to a “Book of Hours”, printed on parchment, probably published in Paris, by Philippe Pigouchet for Simon Vostre, around 1510. - It represents the Tree of Jesse, with the genealogy of the Virgin Mary, an illustration usually associated with the first two hours (matins and laudes) of the “Hours of the Virgin”, central nucleus of all the “Book of Hours”. On the verso, text in Latin framed by five stripes, the sides with a criblé background. without frame Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 18,5 x 11,5 cm