Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours" – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mmF-lv0l
Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, s.n.
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Deus in adiutorui(um) meu(m) int(ende).../...resurgens discipulis fuit demon(stratus).... Part of Matins and Prime from the Hours of the Holy Spirit from a fifteenth-century Book of Hours, known as the St. Alexis Hours. Full border of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and colors with a bird on the bottom center. Roundel miniature in the outer center margin of recto and verso. Recto: A man and a woman speaking to a man in a robe and crown, identified as "le[m]p[er]eur" [Emperor]. Verso: Two men are kneeling before the Emperor, who is standing in front of them. The first man (in blue) is labeled "tirans". This leaf is currently part of a private collection in Akron, Ohio.
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Shaelyn Frost
