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
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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.