Book of Hours (Use of Rome)

Matins: Office of the Dead: First nocturne: Psalm 7 - First Lesson (Job 7)

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Newark, NJ, Newark Public Library, Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts; Western Europe; 12-16 century. Set number 34.

General Information

Title Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Shelfmarks Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts; Western Europe; 12-16 century. No. 34.
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

Dimensions 195 x 140
More about the Current Condition

Dismembered and tipped into Ege mattes. Tape present on recto.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Left-hand border of rinceaux with scattered flowers and fruits on most pages. 

Content

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History

Origin

Wirrten and decorated in France in the second quarter of the 15th century.

Provenance

Broken by Otto F. Ege in the second quarter of the 20th century.