Book of Hours
Office of the Dead, Vespers
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Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, Smith College Museum of Art, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (s.n.), no. 50
SLIS 464 Fall 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Book of Hours
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
France (Northern)
Date of Origin
1470-1480
Script, Hands
Written by two scribes (A and B) in a Gothic Hybrid.
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 164 mm
Page Width
at least 115 mm
Height of Written Area
93 mm
Width of Written Area
62 mm
Number of Lines
14 – 15
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Scrolling acanthus and flowers in gold and colors in outer margins (full border at the beginning of major sections); one- to two-line initials in gold leaf alternating blue with red or vice vetsa; line fillers in red and blue with gold accents. One extant miniature.