Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Office of the Dead, Matins, Third Nocturne, Book of Job
F-af20
Rochester, NY, Rochester Institute of Technology, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 35), 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
Set 35, 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
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 the second quarter of the fifteenth century.
Provenance
Broked by Otto F. Ege in the second quarter of the twentieth century.