Book of Hours (Use of Paris) – Fragment
Parchment · 1 Leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mmF-s0uv
Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-4093
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...cam. Ideo deprecor maiestate’ tua' ut/memento mei deus quai... Part of the Office of the Dead, Matins, from a 15th Century book of hours known as the St. Alexis Hours. Full border of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and colors with a bird with a human head. Roundel miniature in the outer central margin of recto and verso.
Recto: St. Alexis in formal garb and wearing a black bag encounters a man in a red tunic.
Verso: St. Alexis in formal garb gestures with a man in a red ourfit wearing a blue and white hat.
Dismembered in the 1980s. This leaf offered by Charles Puckett Rare Books, stock number IM-4093, current location unknown.
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