Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)

Hours of the Virgin, Matins

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Toronto, ON, Ontario College of Art and Design, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 36), no. 36

General Information

Title Book of Hours
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France (NW)

Original Condition

Page Height at least 115 mm
Page Width at least 80 mm
Height of Written Area at least 49 mm
Width of Written Area at least 33 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 10

Current Condition

Dimensions 107.5 x 65

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One-to Two-line initials throughout in gold on red with blue infill or vice versa, with white filigree highlights. Line-fillers throughout in similar 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.