Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Hours of the Cross, Vespers
F-p3b2
Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery of Ontario, Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts (Set 16), no. 36
2023 Simmons University SLIS 464 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title
Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Material
Parchment
Original Condition
Page Height
at least 115 mm
Page Width
at least 80 mm
Height of Written Area
49 mm
Width of Written Area
33 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
13
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 throughout in similar scheme.
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 Mansucripts" portfolios.