Book of Hours
Hours of the Virgin, Matins (?)
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Assembled from observations by Rebecka Lindau, Head, The John Miller Burnam Classics Library, University of Cincinnati with Yo Shionoya, Special Projects Student Assistant, integrating information from the seller.
General Information
The seller's description:
Original leaf from a miniature medieval manuscript Book of Hours. 14 lines of ruled text, ruled in red, written in Latin with dark brown ink in gothic script on animal vellum. One two-line illuminated initial and five one-line illuminated initials in burnished gold on a red and blue ground with delicate white penwork. Bars of burnished gold and red extend along the text (verso) sprouting a floral spray top and bottom in blue, green, red, burnished and brushed gold.
Italy, c. 1460
The one-line illuminated "G" begins the Glory Be (Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit...). The two-line "T" begins the Te Deum - a fourth century hymn of joy: "Te Deum laudamus..." (O God, we praise Thee: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. Everlasting Father, all the earth doth worship Thee.
To Thee all the Angels, the Heavens and all the Powers, all the Cherubim and Seraphim, unceasingly proclaim...).
Original Condition
Current Condition
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Latin
- Title Horae B.M.V.
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Content Description
Verso: end of Lectio III (Ecclesiasticus 24:17-20). Responsorium: Felix namque es, Verse: Ora pro populo. Recto, labeled Canticum: Te deum laudamus.
History
Purchased from Charles Edwin Puckett, Akron, Ohio. It is not known when the book was broken.