Book of Hours (Use of Rome)

Hours of the Cross, nones, vespers, and compline; rubrication for Hours of the Holy Spirit

F-48la

Kenyon, OH, Kenyon College, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 23), no. 29

General Information

Title Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Shelfmarks Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 23), no. 29
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Date of Origin 1425-1450
Script, Hands

Gothic Bookhand

Original Condition

Page Height 186 mm
Page Width 134 mm
Height of Written Area 90 mm
Width of Written Area 60 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 14

Current Condition

More about the Current Condition

Dirt and staining on recto and verso, one hole along center edge, "#23" written on verso

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Left-hand border on most pages of rinceaux with scattered flowers and fruit

History

Origin

Written and decorated in northern France in second quarter of fifteenth century

Provenance

Broken by Otto F. Ege in second quarter of twentieth century