[ENLUMINATION]. [PRINTED HOURS]. - Lot 30

[ENLUMINATION]. [PRINTED HOURS]. Leaf from a printed book of hours (for use in Rome), Suffrages aux saints, sainte Barbe, followed by sainte Geneviève. Text in Latin, printed on parchment; small woodcut enhanced and illuminated. Martyrdom (or Decollation) of Saint Barbara France, Paris (?), circa 1500-1520. Framed leaf. Dimensions at sight : 90 x 160 mm Good condition. Saint Barbara was only sixteen years old when she was martyred, first locked in a tower by her father Dyoscorus (Dioscore). The tower ordered by Dyoscorus was to have only two windows, but Beard transgressed her father's authority and had a third window pierced, a symbol of her faith in the Trinity. The engraver is faithful to the legend: Dyoscorus himself beheaded his daughter who had become a Christian.