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Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 fragment · 1450 – 1499 CE · France · 120 x 80 mm

F-4xpn

Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Library, SpC/RB 60B/9
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

Provenance: The fragment is part of the David and Marion Adams Collection which was gifted to the Library in 2011.

Text: Part of the Litany of Saints, with invocations to selected apostles, evangelists, disciples and martyrs (incipit Sancte luce ora pro nobis - explicit Sancte siluester ora).

Decoration: The initial 'S' of Sancte in gold with an extension into the margin, set on alternately red, maroon or blue grounds. Line fillers of artfully modelled twigs or coloured bars embellished in gold. Panel border decorated with acanthus foliage in blue and gold with long-stemmed daisies and blue flowers.

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Online Since
07/28/2020

Book of Hours

Parchment · 1 fragment · 1450 – 1499 CE · France · 120 x 80 mm

F-4xpn

Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Library, SpC/RB 60B/9

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Book of Hours (Fragment), Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Library, SpC/RB 60B/9 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-4xpn)

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Online Since
07/28/2020

Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 fragment · 1450 – 1499 CE · France · 120 x 80 mm

F-4xpn

Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Library, SpC/RB 60B/9

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Contact E-Mail
smillard@unimelb.edu.au
Online Since
07/28/2020
Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Hybrid Script
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Book of hours
Decoration
  • Other colour
  • Gold and/or Silver
  • Initial
  • Line Fillers
  • Margin
  • Ornamental
  • Red
France
  • Role: Origin
  • Authority Source: Library of Congress

Book of Hours Horae Beatae

F-4xpn

Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Library, SpC/RB 60B/9
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Book of Hours, Melbourne, The University of Melbourne Library, SpC/RB 60B/9
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