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Illuminations in manuscripts of the 14th and 15th centuries, in Latin and French.

[Horae] Livre de Prières Tissé d’après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle
Lyon, R. P. J. Hervier, designer; J.A. Henry, fabricator, for A. Roux, 1886-1887.

Book of Prayers - Silk-woven illustrated book, 1887.

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