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Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1500 CE · France, possibly Angers · 148 x 114 mm

F-s2p5

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms. 17
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

Provenance: The Library acquired the fragment in 1966 from the estate of Sydney photographer and avid bibliophile Colin B. Berckelman. It 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

Text: Prayers and chants traditionally recited for the service of  Compline: Nunc dimittis (Canticle of Simeon); Antiphon Ecce complecta sunt omnia que dicta sunt per Angelum de Virgine Maria; Penitential Psalm 101: 2-3; Angelus prayer and Parvum Officium Sanctissimi Sacramenti.

Decoration: One 2-line initial in gold with bronze highlights and decorated with fronds; four 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
05/17/2019

Book of Hours

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1500 CE · France, possibly Angers · 148 x 114 mm

F-s2p5

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms. 17

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Book of Hours (Fragment), Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms. 17 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-s2p5)

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Online Since
05/17/2019

Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1500 CE · France, possibly Angers · 148 x 114 mm

F-s2p5

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms. 17

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rarebook.library@sydney.edu.au
Online Since
05/17/2019
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
Berckelman, Colin B
  • Role: Previous Owner
  • Authority Source: VIAF
  • Biographical data: 1907-1965
Sotheby & Co
  • Role: Seller
  • Authority Source: VIAF
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-s2p5

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms. 17
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