Book of Hours (Use of Rouen)
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Athens, OH, Ohio University, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 5), no. 46
Simmons School of Library and Information Science (Boston, Massachusetts) LIS 464 (Fall 2020) observations (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of Hours (Use of Rouen or Coutances?)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France (Northern)
Date of Origin ca. 1470
Script, Hands
Written in gothic script, possibly with different scribes.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 163 mm
Page Width at least 120 mm
Height of Written Area 96 mm
Width of Written Area 66 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 16
Current Condition
Dimensions 162.5 x 120 mm
More about the Current Condition
107 appears to be written in pencil in the bottom right.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
On the right side of the recto, there is a decoration of blue and pink flowers with green leaves. There are five initial letters, written in gold, pink, and blue. There are three line-fillers in blue, pink, and gold. On the verso, a similar border decoration is on the left side. There is one initial letter on the verso, in blue, pink, and gold.
History
Origin
Written in Northern France around the year 1470, for the use of Rouen or or Coutances.
Provenance
Dismembered by Cleveland bookdealer Otto F. Ege in the 1940s. Leaved used as no. 46 in his "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, 30 of which have been located.