Book of Hours
Litany
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New Haven, CT, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 3), no. 30
Simmons School of Library and Information Science (Boston, Massachusetts) LIS 464 (Fall 2017) observations (Printed, Handwritten, or Typescript)
Original Condition
Page Height
180 – 185 mm
Page Width
125 – 130 mm
Height of Written Area
90 mm
Width of Written Area
60 mm
Number of Columns
1
Number of Lines
14
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Persons:
Both sides of the fragment have been decorated on the three outer margins with rinceaux in blues, reds, and gold. . Initials and line fillers in gold and colors.
History
Provenance
Offered by Bernard Quaritch cat. 240 (1905), no. 230 and cat. 290 (1910), no. 253; Sold by Quaritch to C. L. Ricketts in 1922; C. L. Ricketts, in S. de Ricci, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada I:634, no. 116; Sold by Parke-Bernet Galleries, 23 February 1939, lot 217; Dismembered by Otto Ege or an associate; Leaves used as No. 30 in Ege’s “Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts” portfolio; Aquired by the Beinecke Library, Yale University from the Ege family in 2016.