Leaf from a Calendar
June
F-4c1c
This description was created as part of a manuscripts studies course taught at the University of Victoria by Prof. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (Fall 2023).
General Information
Northern Textualis
Calendar leaf (for June) from a fifteenth-century Book of Hours, with a foliate border in gold, blue, pink, and orange. Major feasts written in gold.
Original Condition
Current Condition
Leaf has been cleanly cut from a Book of Hours; there is no evidence of previous binding, nor of pricking.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Large KL initial and foliate rectangular border in gold, blue, pink and orange, with major feasts in gold. The large KL has gold, blue, and red leaves running down the left side of the recto.
History
France (according to donor)
The second of ten fragments purchased by the Medieval Studies Program at the University of Victoria and then donated to Special Collections in 1992.