Hand-painted Illuminated manuscript ENGLISH GARDEN calligraphy - GARDENER GIFT

BoffinBeads Vintage is privileged to be able to have available on Ebay today this beautiful hand-painted illuminated manuscript with a description thus: Originally, illuminated manuscripts expressed our longing for eternity. Prayers and the gospels, for example, were written out by scribes and illustrated, or illuminated, with exquisitely fine miniature paintings and bound in magnificently ornate jewel-encrusted covers. They were immensely valuable and given as presents by kings, emperors and archbishops. Today these works remain as items of surpassing beauty and of course the art continues, for it is timeless in its appeal. One way you can reach this timeless art and share it, is to possess a manuscript for yourself or to give one as a gift, which could then become an heirloom over centuries. We all have favourite texts or sayings, which could then be immortalized in this way. This modern one is on aquarelle paper, done in tempera paint. It is 22 cms x 27 cms. (actual paper size 24.5 cms x 34.5 cms). The decoration comes out of the content of the poem itself - the theme of gardens and flowers - the world of nature. Buy-It-Now £49.75 (reduced price) + UK p&p Recorded Delivery £4.50, Europe £12.75 and countries far away like USA, Canada and Australia £17.75, partial refunds issued if this an over-estimate of the actual cost to post in a secure manner. The painting will come un-framed ready for you to take to your local picture-framers and choose your own type of frame. Any enquiries about further paintings by this English lady artist currently residing permanently on a Greek island may be made via BoffinBeads Vintage. Ideal gift for a loved one. Please note that the water-mark you see in the photographs will not appear on your illuminated manuscript! BOFFINBEADS VINTAGE!