Book of Hours
Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis
F-d83v
Canberra, The Australian National University Library
Otto F. Ege, Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts, Western Europe XII-XVI century, c1940, 152 - Leaf no. 50 (Printed, Handwritten, or Typescript)
Remarks by the Editor
This description was composed by Otto Ege.
General Information
Title
Book of Hours (Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis)
Shelfmarks
From the collection of Otto F. Ege
Material
Vellum leaf from an illuminated medieval manuscript
Place of Origin
France
Date of Origin
Early XVIth century
Script, Hands
Latin Text; Cursive Gothic Script
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Content Description
This beautiful manuscript leaf was written and illuminated about the year 1535 A.D. At this late date Books of Hours were also being printed in great numbers by such famous French printers as Vostre, de Colines, and Tory. These were elaborately illustrated and frequently hand-colored. The cursive gothic script used in this leaf, with its boldly accented letters and flourished initials, borrowed heavily from the decorative chancery or legal hands of the XIIIth and XIVth centuries. It influenced the type face known as civilité designed by Granjon, and first used in 1559 A.D.
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Other available descriptions
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Maggs Bros., European Miniatures and Illumination & Calligraphy also early writing from Egypt. Bulletin No. 11. London (November 1982)
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R. Faunce, "Cataloguing and making discoverable ANU Library's small collection of detached medieval manuscript leaves", The Australian National University, 2018.
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