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)
Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2018) observations (Born Digital)
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.