Book of Hours
Hours of the Virgin, Matins I; end of Psalm 18 through the beginning of Psalm 23
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Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 1), no. 36 (MS Typ 1294)
2023 Simmons University SLIS 464 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of Hours
Shelfmarks Gwara Handlist 239
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Northwestern France
Original Condition
Page Height 93 mm
Page Width 64 mm
Height of Written Area 48 mm
Width of Written Area 30 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 14
Current Condition
Dimensions 93 x 64 mm (48 x 30 mm)
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Two- to three-line initials throughout in gold on blue with red infill and white filigree highlights. One-line initials throughout in blue with red penwork or in gold with black penwork. Some margins include gold trefoil and elaborate penwork.
History
Origin
Written in Northwestern France
Provenance
Possibly broken by Otto and Louise Ege in the 1940s. Some leaves became no. 36 in their "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios.