Book of Hours [Use of Rome]
Office of the Virgin, Psalm 8 [Fragment]
F-s78q
Buffalo, NY, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, RBR MSS. F54 1100 (Otto Ege, Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts, set 11, 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]
Shelfmarks
RBR MSS. F54 1100
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
Current Condition
Dimensions
186 x 134 mm
More about the Current Condition
Two pieces of tape to corners
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Inner border on both recto and verso featuring rinceaux, flowers, and fruit
History
Origin
Written and decorated in northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century
Provenance
Broken by Otto F. Ege in the second quarter of the twentieth century