Book of Hours
Hours of the Virgin; Sext/None
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Greensboro, NC, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 38), no. 45
LIS 464 Fall 2022 Observations (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Book of Hours
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
France (Northwest)
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 187 mm
Page Width
at least 134 mm
Height of Written Area
90 mm
Width of Written Area
64 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
12
Current Condition
Dimensions
185x130 (90x64)
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Brief, feathery extensions in ink and colors extending from initials on every page into the margin. One extant miniature with gilt diapered background and full rinceaux border with marginal grotesques.
History
Origin
Made in Northwest France, possibly for the Use of Arras (the first three responsories for the Office of the Dead are often found in Books of Hours from Arras).
Provenance
Written in NW France (likely for the Use of Arras or Paris) in the early 15th century. Possibly identical with the Book of Hours sold at Sotheby's London on 20 December 1948, lot 415. "The Property of a Gentleman." Dismembered by Otto or Louise Ege in the late 1940s, leaves used as no. 45 in Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, of which 40 were produced and 31 are known.