Book of Hours (Use of Rome)

Officer of the Dead, Matins, third nocturne, last two lines of psalm 39 and beginning of psalm 40

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Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina, Rare Z109 .E34 1900z (Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 27), no. 29)

General Information

Title Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Shelfmarks Rare Z109 .E34 1900z
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Date of Origin 1425-1475
Script, Hands

Gothic bookhand

Original Condition

Page Height 186 mm
Page Width 134 mm
Height of Written Area 90 mm
Width of Written Area 60 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 14

Current Condition

More about the Current Condition

White tape visible on verso; some minor staining and distortion of parchment; otherwise in good condition; artwork and text are very clear, no serious damage to leaf

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

left-hand border on most pages of rinceaux with scattered flowers and fruits

History

Origin

Written and decorated in northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century.

Provenance

Broken by Otto F. Ege in the second quarter of the 19th century.