Book of Hours
Office of the Dead, Vespers Psalm 137
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Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 2), no. 50
LIS 464 Fall 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Book of Hours
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
France (Northern)
Date of Origin
1470-1480
Script, Hands
Written by two scribes (A and B) in a Gothic Hybrida.
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 164 mm
Page Width
at least 115 mm
Height of Written Area
at least 93 mm
Width of Written Area
up to 62 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
14 – 15
Current Condition
Dimensions
164 x 115 mm (93 x 62 mm)
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Scrolling acanthus and flowers in gold and colors in outer margins (full border at the beginning of major sections); One- to two-line initials in gold leaf alternating blue with red or vice versa; line fillers in red and blue with gold accents. One extant miniature.
History
Origin
Book of Hours, likely Use of Paris (suggested by the inclusion of a suffrage for St. Denis and the ancillary texts).
Provenance
Dismembered by Otto and Louise Ege in the mid-twentieth century. Many leaves used as no. 50 in the "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios.