Book of Hours

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Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 1012

General Information

Title Book of Hours
Shelfmarks MS Typ 1012
Material vellum
Place of Origin France
General Remarks

language: French, Middle (ca.1400-1600)

Original Condition

Page Height 515 mm
Page Width 310 mm
Height of Written Area 255 mm
Width of Written Area 170 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 170 mm
Number of Lines 15
Line Height 2 mm
More about the Condition

"Our Saviour judging the world" - caption in a later hand at bottom of recto.

Current Condition

Dimensions 19 cm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Persons: attributed to a follower of the Master of the Munich Golden Legend (active ca. 1430-1440). A previous attribution was to the circle of the Bedford Master.
Description
miniature of the last judgment, within a foliate border including an illuminated initial "D". 
miniature is in tempera, colored and gold inks, and gold leaf.