Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Hours of the Virgin, Prime, End of antiphon following Psalms 116, Capitulum 6 [Quae est...] and Prayer
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Bloomington, IN, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval manuscripts (Set 24), no. 36
2023 Simmons University SLIS 464 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Material
Parchment
Place of Origin
France (Northwest)
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 13
Current Condition
Dimensions
115 x 80 (49 x 33) mm
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
One- to two-line initials through in gold on red with blue infill or vice versa, with white filigree highlights. Line-fillers through in similar scheme.
Content
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Content Item
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.