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Book of Hours ("The Hours of Saint Alexis") – Fragment

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

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Atlanta, GA, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, RG020-2

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Latin

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...tuis in die sancto penthecostes.../...ignis inflammatus, Septiformis gratia karis... Recto: there are penciled notes on the top left corner that read "AF 45" and on the top right corner that reads "208". Imagine depicting a field surrounded by 3
trees, where the angel Gabriel is approaching the Virgin Mary in her blue dress. Verso: Gabriel is handing Mary a branch, stick, or something of the like. The blue skirt/dress that the Mary is wearing has gold flecks and details on the bottom. Dismembered in the 1980s. This leaf currently belongs to Emory University Special Collections in Atlanta, GA, under the name Historiated Page Border.

(K. Page Wheeler)

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Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2025) observations
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Online Since
12/31/2025

Book of Hours ("The Hours of Saint Alexis")

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

F-7djc

Atlanta, GA, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, RG020-2

Book of Hours ("The Hours of Saint Alexis") – Fragment

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

F-7djc

Atlanta, GA, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, RG020-2

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Authority Source: Library of Congress

Book of Hours ("The Hours of Saint Alexis") Hours of the Holy Spirit, Sext

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Atlanta, GA, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, RG020-2

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Book of Hours ("The Hours of Saint Alexis"), Atlanta, GA, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, RG020-2