Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Office for the Dead; Matins, psalms 41 & 42
F-xkmy
Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney FF 0001
Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2018) observations (Born Digital)
Remarks by the Editor
Recovery of F-xkmy/1121
General Information
Title Book of Hours (Use of Rome)
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Date of Origin 1425-1450
Script, Hands
Gothic bookhand
Original Condition
Page Height 186 mm
Page Width 134 mm
Height of Written Area 90 mm
Width of Written Area 60 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 14
Current Condition
Dimensions 185.5 mm x 134.5 mm
More about the Current Condition
Left-hand border on most pages of rinceaux with scattered flowers and fruit.
History
Origin
Written and decorated in northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century.
Provenance
Broken by Otto F. Ege in the second quarter of the twentieth century.
Other available descriptions
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Andreea Marin, Robertson Davies Library 2024
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