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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis" – Fragment

Parchment · 1 Leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm

F-14si

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-343
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Language
French
Reconstruction Summary

...et nous requier conseil et aide.../...Sire si comme ce fu voir regardes... Part of the French prayer "Biau Sire Dieu," from a fifteenth-century Book of Hours known as the St. Alexis Hours. Full border of acanthus and rinceaux in gold and colors with birds and other creatures. Roundel miniature in the outer central margin of recto and verso. Recto: two figures, one in a blue robe, captioned “povre,” the other in a red shirt and black pants. The background is a yellow hill with trees and a blue sky; Verso: one figure in a red shirt, black pants, and black hat, looking over his right shoulder and gesturing out, captioned “lestvier.”

(Clayton Bessire)
Scholarly description(s)
  • Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2025) observations
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Online Since
12/20/2025

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis"

Parchment · 1 Leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm

F-14si

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-343

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Online Since
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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis" – Fragment

Parchment · 1 Leaf · 1450 – 1475 CE · France (Northern) · 195 x 142 (85 x 62) mm

F-14si

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-343

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Online Since
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Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • French
Script Type
  • Northern Textualis
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Book of hours

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis" French prayer "Biau Sire Dieu"

F-14si

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-343
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  • 343v
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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The Hours of St. Alexis", Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-343
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