ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF St John the Evangelist kneeling in front of Christ, from an illuminated Gradual, single leaf, in Latin on vellum, brown and red ink, with illuminated historiated initial "I" depicting St John the Evangelist flanked by the eagle and kneeling at the feet of Christ on recto and decorated initial on burnished gold background on verso, marginal decoration with acanthus leaves, hairline tendrils and floral motifs, heightened in gold, pen-flourished initials with a grotesque/profile head, toned, trimmed (with some loss to marginalia), 380 x 290mm., Northern France, fifteenth century Initial "I" illuminated with St John the Evangelist kneeling in front of Christ, to decorate a page of the Introit for the Feast of St John the Evangelist (recto) and the Feast of the Holy Innocents (verso).