Book of Hours (Use of Paris)

Gospel Readings: Gospels of John and Luke

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Toronto, ON, Ontario College of Art and Design, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 36), no. 30

General Information

Date of Origin 1420-1430

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

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Content Description

      Excerpt from Gospels of John and Luke

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 associate; Leaves used as no. 30 in Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolio; acquired by Ontario College of Art and Design on June 23, 1955.