Leaf from Ghistelles book of hours

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Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Lat 446.1

General Information

Title Leaf from Ghistelles book of hours
Shelfmarks MS Lat 446.1
Material vellum
Place of Origin Southwest Flanders
Script, Hands

Written in brown ink in a gothic book hand with rubrics and decorative pen work in red, blue, and gold. Also with seven one-line initials, three in blue with decorative pen work in red, and four in gold.

General Remarks

Probably forms a part of a whole that would include MS Lat 446, Houghon Library.

Original Condition

Page Height 119 mm
Page Width 83 mm
Height of Written Area 60 mm
Width of Written Area 51 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 51 mm
Number of Lines 11
Line Height 5 mm

Current Condition

Dimensions 119 x 83 mm