Book Of Hours Original Manuscript Leaf, Medieval Scripture, 1475 
 
Original maunscript leaf circa 1475, illuminated on both sides
 
framed and with translation, frame has windows on both sides for displaying each side of the leaf
 
This leaf is from a "Book Of Hours", christian prayer books written to guide individual worship during the cannonical hours. This example is in Latin and is pre-printing.
 
translation of first side from latin as follows, it details the seven last words of christ during his cruxifiction
 
"It is finished". What is signified by the miserable labors and sorrows which you have received now to the end - make it so that I may merit to hear that most sweet voice of yours saying to me: "Come, my friend, my bride, my beloved, for now I have arranged your petitions to be completed. Come to me, that you might sit with my angels and the saints in my kingdom, to feast, to be glad, and to die with me. Through unending ages of ages. Amen.
 
Prayer: I beseech thee, O loving Lord Jesus Christ, for the sake of the extraordinary charity with which you loved the human race, that while you were the king of Heaven, you hung on the cross - with God-making charity, with most meek soul, with most sorrowful bearing, with tumult of senses, with pierced heart, with beaten body, with bloody wounds, with outstretched arms, with clamorous mouth, with hoarse voice, with pallid face, with the smell of death, with tearful eyes, with groaning throat, with parched...
 
Condition is excellent, has been well stored with only minor damage