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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours" – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mmF-5h15
Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Edwin Puckett Rare Books IM-1501
French
"Kalends Juing S' nicomede.../...S' marcial"
Calender for the month of June from the St. Alexis Hours, a fifteenth-century Book of Hours. Full border of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and color with birds. Roundel miniature in outer central margin of recto and verso. Recto roundel depicts a man in a red tunic and wearing a blue hat using a tool to mow a field, representing the Labor of the Month for June (mowing). Verso roundel depicts a brown lobster with the backdrop of a field, representing the zodiac (Cancer).
This leaf offered by Charles Edwin Puckett Rare Books, stock number IM-1501. Current location unknown.
(Emily Lewis)-
Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2025) observations
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12/29/2025
Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours"
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mmF-5h15
Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Edwin Puckett Rare Books IM-1501
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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours" – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mmF-5h15
Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Edwin Puckett Rare Books IM-1501
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- 15th century
- French
- Northern Textualis
- Yes
- Calendar
- 1450-1475%20CE
- Margin
- Role: Origin
- Authority Source: Library of Congress
Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours" Calendar of June
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