Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Hours of the Cross, Prime
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Saskatoon, SK, University of Saskatchewan, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 25), no. 36
2023 Simmons University SLIS 464 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Book of Hours
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
Northwest France
Date of Origin
ca. 1450
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 115 mm
Page Width
at least 80 mm
Height of Written Area
49 mm
Width of Written Area
33 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
13
Current Condition
Dimensions
115 x 80mm (49 x 33mm)
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
One to two-line initials throughout in gold on red with blue infill or vice versa, with white filligree highlights. Line fillers throughout in simialar scheme.
History
Origin
Written in NW France (likely use of Rome)
Provenance
Broken by Otto and Louise Ege in the 1940s. Many leaves became no. 36 in their "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios.