Book of hours
Litany of the Saints
F-njmm
Brugge, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge, Ms. SVC 29
Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of hours
Shelfmarks Brugge, Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge, Ms. SVC 29
Page/Folio Reference fol. 1
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Flanders (Bruges)
Date of Origin first half 15th century (ca. 1425-1440)
Script, Hands
Northern gothica textualis formata.
Original Condition
Page Height 124 mm
Page Width 93 mm
Height of Written Area 85 – 86 mm
Width of Written Area 55 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 55 mm
Number of Lines 16
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Lead-point ruling
Numbering
Modern foliation in pencil, using Arabic numerals, in right corners ('1').
Current Condition
Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 124 x 93 mm
More about the Current Condition
Fragment was mounted and kept in a frame. Fragment has since been removed from frame, but remains of tape are still visible on fol. 1v.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Versals with marginal extensions, alternately executed as a blue initial with red penwork and a gilded initial with black penwork. Line fillers with alternately red and blue penwork (fol. 1r).
Content
- Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Book of hours
- Content Description
Fragment contains part of the Litany of the Saints ('Propitius esto parce nobis domine...').
History
Provenance
Fragment was auctioned at Brussels in 2004. It was bought by Roland van Caloen and is currently deposited at Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge.