Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Hours of the Virgin, Vespers
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Kenyon, OH, Kenyon College, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 23), no. 36
2023 Simmons University SLIS 464 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of Hours (Use of Rome?)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
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
Current Condition
Dimensions 115 × 80 (49 × 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 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 Manuscripts" portfolios.