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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) mm

F-5h15

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Edwin Puckett Rare Books IM-1501

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Language
French

Reconstruction Summary

"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)

Scholarly description(s)

Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2025) observations
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Online Since
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) mm

F-5h15

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Edwin Puckett Rare Books IM-1501

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Online Since
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