Book of Hours
Hours of the Virgin (Lauds)
F-taus
Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney Pam 0006
Andreea Marin, Massey College 2022 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Book of Hours
Shelfmarks Gurney Pam 0006
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Paris, France
Date of Origin 1290
Script, Hands
Written in a gothic book script (textualis)
General Remarks
Book of Hours with text from Hours of the Virgin (Lauds). Psalms 62:4 -62:12 "Quoniam melior est...laetabitur in Deo"
writing in pencil on verso at the bottom "MS.1028 Horae Paris ca. 1290")
Original Condition
Page Height 93 mm
Page Width 69 mm
Height of Written Area 54 – 57 mm
Width of Written Area 35 mm
Number of Columns 4
Width of Columns 35 mm
Number of Lines 12
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling No
Current Condition
Dimensions 93 x 69 mm
More about the Current Condition
browning in corners and on the bottom.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
Flourished initials blue and gold alternately, flourished in red and blue respectively
History
Origin
Paris, France
Persons and Institutions Catholic Church