Book of Hours (Use of Rouen)
F-wb27
General Information
Written in a Gothic bookhand, possibly by several different scribes.
Original Condition
Current Condition
Dismembered by Clevland bookdealer Otto F. Ege in the 1940's. Leaves used as no. 46 in his "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, thirty of which have been located.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Outer border on each page (outlined in red at left and right) or scrolling acanthus in blue and gold on a rinceau background, with leaves , flowers, and fruit in colors. One-line initials throughout in blue or dark-salmon or gold. Linefillers in blue or red with white filligre highlights and gold-ball centerpieces, with particularly small lineflillers as flowers in similar color scheme.
History
Written in NW France around the year 1470, for the Use of Rouen or Coutances.
Dismembered by Clevland bookdealer Otto F. Ege in the 1940's. Leaves used as no. 46 in his "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, thirty of which have been located.