Manuscript folio from the Book of Amos with illuminated initials.

Vellum manuscript folio with text on both sides. Text in two columns of 50 lines (14 x 9 cm). Extremely small textura script, with some rubricated sentences and capitals touched in red ink. Four illuminated initials on the recto, in gold, blue, red and white ink. Two of these initials are also historiated: a capital "O" inhabited by a wyvern, and a capital "U" with a scene with three male figures. There are also two decorated initials with penwork in red and blue ink on the verso. The running title: "Amos," indicates the text is a passage from the Book of Amos in the Old Testament. 19 x 13.8 cm (Mounted on matte)