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Book of Hours (Use of Paris) – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1420 – 1440 CE · France

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
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  • Simmons School of Library and Information Science (Boston, Massachusetts) LIS 464 (Fall 2021) observations
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Liturgica
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Ege, Otto F. (Fragmentator)
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Miniature of David at prayer. Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me.../...lacrimis meis stratum meum rigabo. Opening of the Penitential Psalms. Manuscript dismembered by Otto Ege in the mid-twentieth century. Many of the text leaves used as no. 31 in his "Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios. Currently in the collection of Scott Schwartz, New York City, NY, USA, acquired in 2021 from The Manhattan Rare Book Company. The upper portion of the miniature has been retouched by the current owner and "before" and "after" images are here provided for comparison.

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