[Book of hours]

Date: 1300s
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Title
  • [Book of hours]
Date
  • 13XX
Language
Description
  • Psalms fragment in the sequence used in the Book of Hours, for the Tuesday Lauds and for the Office of the Dead. LAYOUT: 1 column, full page, frame ruled in red-brownish ink (97 x 63 mm.). Leroy 00D1, written in 16 lines below top line. SCRIPT: very accurate French Gothic (textura). DECORATION: partial ivy-leaf borders, on three sides (upper - bottom - left). The ivy is gold on the recto, with few green and blue floral elements. On the verso the branches are thicker and doubled up, with some red and blue ivy. Primary initials, 2-line, red D on the recto, blue E on the verso, on gold ground, with ivy ramifications inside. From the D depart two long tail-like extensions which form the left bar border. Secondary initials, 1-line, in gold, on blue and red-brownish ground. Line-fillers in blue, red, gold. Rubrications. PLACE OF CREATION: France, Northern.
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Format
  • Parchment
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Extent
  • 1 leaf
  • 22 x 16 cm
Identifier
  • BX2080.A2 1300z
Provenance
Donor
  • Albright, Frell
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  • ark:/84475/do5358bh66b