Book of Hours (use of Rome)
Hours of the Virgin, None
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Lima, OH, Lima Public Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 29), no. 29
Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2018) observations (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of Hours (use of Rome)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Date of Origin 1425-1450
Script, Hands
Gothic bookhand
Original Condition
Page Height 186 mm
Page Width 134 mm
Height of Written Area 90 mm
Width of Written Area 60 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 14
Ruling red ruling
Current Condition
Dimensions 186 mm x 134 mm
More about the Current Condition
Tipped onto a mat with white tape, leaf is dirty and ink is worn in some places.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Left-hand border on most pages of rinceaux with scattered flowers and fruits. Decorated and illuminated initials as well as rubrication in red are present.
Content
- Content Item
History
Origin
Written and decorated in northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century.
Provenance
Broken by Otto F. Ege second quarter of the twentieth century.