Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)

Hours of the Virgin, Matins; Ecclesiasticus 24

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Buffalo, NY, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 11), no. 36

General Information

Title Book of Hours
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 40 mm
Width of Written Area 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 throughout in gold on red with blue infill or vice versa, with white filigree highlights. Line-fillers througout in similar scheme.

History

Origin

Written in NW Frane (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.