Book of Hours
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Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney Pam 0005
Andreea Marin, Massey College 2022 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of Hours
Shelfmarks Gurney Pam 0005
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Rome
Date of Origin 1450
Script, Hands
Humanist Hand by Bartolomeo Sanvito (1433-1511)
General Remarks
Contains text from Office of the Dead, Matins, First Lesson. Use of Rome. Job 7:16- Job 7:21.
Other fragments at Bloomington, IN, Lilly Lib., Adomeit Coll., Leaf 48; Boston Univ., School of Theology Lib., MS leaves 72-80; Univ. of Colorado, Norlin Lib, Hayes MS 1; Oberlin College, Mudd Center Spec. Coll., MS H2; Sweet Briar College, Anne Gary Pannell Art Gallery acc. 1995.016.
Original Condition
Page Height 118 mm
Page Width 80 mm
Height of Written Area 67 mm
Width of Written Area 42 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 42 mm
Number of Lines 12
Line Height 7 mm
Ruling No
Numbering
1 Leaf, 2 Pages
Current Condition
Dimensions 118 x 80 mm
More about the Current Condition
Discoloration from framing in border on recto
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Persons: Sanvito, Bartolomeo, 1433-1511
Description
Decorated illuminated initial: 2-line gold P on square ground of green patterned in darker green and gold. Illuminated header "Lectio prima" and illuminated response cues.
History
Provenance
Otto F. Ege
Bibliography
Gwara, Scott. Otto Ege's Manuscripts, p.146-147, no.79.