[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS]. Leaf from a Book of Hours with historiated initial "S" on recto depicting the Pentecost. [France, c.1450]. One leaf, 155 x 104mm. On Vellum. 16 lines of text in a gothic bookhand in dark brown ink, rubrics in red. With historiated 6-line initial "S" depicting the Pentecost opening the text: "Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum ...". Recto decorated with foliate and floral border in upper and lower margins, with a bar border in burnished gold and blue on inner margin. Eight 1-to 2-line initials in gold on blue or red grounds, on recto and verso. Matted. Provenance: Gift from Fanny and Philip Duschnes, December 1948 (printed presentation message on mat). Property of a Midwestern Museum