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.
Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2018) observations (Born Digital)
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
- Content Item
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.