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Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1500 – 1550 CE · France · 149 x 112 mm

F-r78r

Canberra, Private collection, BH5
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

This leaf was purchased from King Alfred's Notebook LLC in 2018. A previous owner, R. L. Foxell, acquired the leaf in the 1960s. According to Peter Kidd, the stock numbering, inscribed in pencil in the lower margin (verso) 'MS. 1152  £4  25', is associated with Folio Fine Art.

Contents: Hours of the Virgin - Matins, 2nd nocturn. Latter half of Psalm 45: 6-12 and the opening of Psalm 86: 1-12.

Decoration: One 2-line and fourteen 1-line initials in burnished gold on blue or pink grounds with ovals painted in the opposite colour and heightened with white. Matching line fillers. Marginal panel (verso) of acanthus tendrils in blue and gold with long-stemmed blue, rose and red flowers painted on narrow diagonal panels painted in liquid gold. 

(R. Faunce)
Online Since
08/19/2018

Book of Hours

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1500 – 1550 CE · France · 149 x 112 mm

F-r78r

Canberra, Private collection, BH5

How to quote
Book of Hours (Fragment), Canberra, Private collection, BH5 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-r78r)

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Online Since
08/19/2018

Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1500 – 1550 CE · France · 149 x 112 mm

F-r78r

Canberra, Private collection, BH5

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Contact E-Mail
Rose.Faunce@anu.edu.au
Online Since
08/19/2018
Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Gothic Script (generic)
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Book of hours
Decoration
  • Gold and/or Silver
  • Initial
  • Line Fillers
  • Margin
  • Ornamental
Folio Fine Art Ltd
  • Role: Seller
  • Authority Source: VIAF
  • Biographical data: 1967-1971
King Alfred's Notebook LLC
  • Role: Seller
  • Authority Source: Fragmentarium
France
  • Role: Origin
  • Authority Source: Library of Congress

Book of Hours Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis

F-r78r

Canberra, Private collection, BH5
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