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Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 bifolium · 1450 – 1500 CE · France, possibly Angers · 146 x 103 mm

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Rock Hill, Carolina, Winthrop University Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, 1500-Med MS 15A-B
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Origin: France
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Provenance: The bifolium can be traced to a partially dismembered and imperfect parent manuscript (164 leaves, several mutilated) in Sotheby's Western and Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures sale on 6 July 1964 (lot. 246). The buyer was English bookseller Alan G. Thomas.

See reconstruction of other identified fragments https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-g81r

Contents: Vespers in the Office of the Dead. Opening at the end of Psalm 120, continuing to Psalms 129 and 137.

Decoration: Two 2-line initials in gold with bronze highlights set on a striking blue ground; fourteen versal capitals alternately blue or gold, pen flourished in red or black with extensions into the margins. Line filler bars alternately blue and brown embellished with fronds in gold. Panel border decorated with acanthus foliage in blue and gold with long-stemmed pink flowers.

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