Book of Hours Electronic version according to TEI P5.1 Fragmentarium - Digital Research Laboratory for Medieval Manuscript Fragments

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 Dunedin Dunedin Public Library RMM Fragment 34 Book of Hours late fifteenth century France, possibly Angers Latin <note type="persons"/> <note type="description">The text of the single leaf comprises the closing verses of Psalm 66:6-8 followed by the opening verses of the prayer of Ezekias (Isaiah 38:10-12), part of lauds in the Office of the Dead.</note> </msItem> </msContents> <physDesc> <objectDesc form="Fragment"> <supportDesc> <support> <material>Parchment</material> </support> <extent> <dimensions type="leaf_orig"> <width min="103" max="104">103 104</width> <height min="145">145</height> </dimensions> <dimensions type="written_orig"> <width min="48">48</width> <height min="70">70</height> </dimensions> <measure type="pageDimensions">145 x 103-4 mm</measure> </extent> <foliation>Width of decorated margin 21mm  Width of top margin 21mm Width of side margin 21mm Width of lower margin 52-53mm</foliation> </supportDesc> <layoutDesc> <layout> <dimensions type="line"> <height min="6">6</height> </dimensions> </layout> </layoutDesc> </objectDesc> <handDesc> <handNote> <p>Written in lettre bâtarde script. One 2-line initial in gold with brown highlights on blue ground; four versal capitals alternately blue or gold, with pen flourishing in red or black extending into the margins. Line fillers consist of alternating blue and brown bars embellished with fronds in gold.</p> </handNote> </handDesc> <decoDesc> <decoNote>Marginal panel decorated with acanthus foliage in blue and gold together with long-stemmed blue and gold flowers.<persName/></decoNote> </decoDesc> <musicNotation/> </physDesc> <history> <summary/> <origin/> <provenance>This leaf was acquired for the Alfred and Isabel Reed Collection at the Dunedin Public Library from the bookseller Alan G. Thomas, Catalogue 16 (1965), no. 12b, using funds bequeathed by Alfred H. Reed (1875–1975). Thomas had acquired the imperfect parent manuscript (164 leaves, several mutilated) at the Sotheby & Co. sale Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 6 July 1964 (lot 246) for £280.</provenance> </history> <additional> <adminInfo> <recordHist> <source> <bibl type="not-printed">Description by: Rose Faunce, Australian National University</bibl> </source> </recordHist> </adminInfo> </additional> </msDesc> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <p/> </body> </text> </TEI>