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Book of Hours – Fragment

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

F-bsms

Rock Hill, Carolina, Winthrop University Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, 1500-Med MS 15A-B
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

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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Online Since
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Book of Hours

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

F-bsms

Rock Hill, Carolina, Winthrop University Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, 1500-Med MS 15A-B

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Book of Hours (Fragment), Rock Hill, Carolina, Winthrop University Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, 1500-Med MS 15A-B (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-bsms)

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Online Since
03/08/2020

Book of Hours – Fragment

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

F-bsms

Rock Hill, Carolina, Winthrop University Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, 1500-Med MS 15A-B

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herringm@winthrop.edu
Online Since
03/08/2020
Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Gothic Script (generic)
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Book of hours
Decoration
  • Brush
  • Gold and/or Silver
  • Initial
  • Line Fillers
  • Margin
  • Ornamental
  • Red
Thomas, Alan Gradon
  • Role: Seller
  • Authority Source: VIAF
  • Biographical data: 1911-1992
France
  • Role: Origin
  • Authority Source: Library of Congress

Book of Hours Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis

F-bsms

Rock Hill, Carolina, Winthrop University Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, 1500-Med MS 15A-B
Overview

Canvases
  • Si_iniquitates_obseruaueris_15B
  • Super_misericordia_tua_15A
  • Sequence
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Si_iniquitates_obseruaueris_15B
Super_misericordia_tua_15A