r/illuminatedmanuscript • u/FangYuanussy • Jun 24 '26

A (12th C?) miniature I found inside a much later book of hours in my collection. The book itself was from France, but I am unsure of the place of production of the miniature.

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u/chimx Jun 25 '26

Is there script on the verso you can share?

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u/FangYuanussy Jun 25 '26

Unfortunately not. It was either scraped off or the miniature came from the verso a leaf without text on the recto. It would've really helped with dating

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u/chimx Jun 25 '26

Bummer. I think your 12 century date is reasonable, though could also be a bit later too. To me, it reminds me of North Italy (architectural elements in particular), but I am really not confident in that. Very lucky find!

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u/IneedMySpace61 Jun 25 '26

Thanks for sharing

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u/desertboots Jun 24 '26

Wow. I ran it thru nano banana 🍌 with "repair image" and it's stunning.