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Book of Hours

Hore Beate Marie Virginis

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Dunedin, Dunedin Public Library, RMM Fragment 34

Rose Faunce, Australian National University (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Book of Hours
Shelfmarks RMM Fragment 34
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France, possibly Angers
Date of Origin late fifteenth century
Script, Hands

Written in lettre bâtarde script.

One 2-line initial in gold with brown highlights on blue ground; four versal capitals alternately blue or gold, with pen flourishing in red or black extending into the margins. Line fillers consist of alternating blue and brown bars embellished with fronds in gold.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 145 mm
Page Width 103 – 104 mm
Height of Written Area at least 70 mm
Width of Written Area at least 48 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 13
Line Height at least 6 mm
Numbering

Width of decorated margin 21mm 

Width of top margin 21mm

Width of side margin 21mm

Width of lower margin 52-53mm

Current Condition

Dimensions 145 x 103-4 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Marginal panel decorated with acanthus foliage in blue and gold together with long-stemmed blue and gold flowers.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Content Description

      The text of the single leaf comprises the closing verses of Psalm 66:6-8 followed by the opening verses of the prayer of Ezekias (Isaiah 38:10-12), part of lauds in the Office of the Dead.

History

Provenance

This leaf was acquired for the Alfred and Isabel Reed Collection at the Dunedin Public Library from the bookseller Alan G. Thomas, Catalogue 16 (1965), no. 12b, using funds bequeathed by Alfred H. Reed (1875–1975). Thomas had acquired the imperfect parent manuscript (164 leaves, several mutilated) at the Sotheby & Co. sale Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 6 July 1964 (lot 246) for £280.
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