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