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
Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2018) observations (Born Digital)
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