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Book of Hours – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1400 – 1425 CE · France · 185 x 130 (90 x 64)F-dl5v
New Haven, CT, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 3), no. 45
Language
Latin
Latin
Reconstruction Summary
"Domine labia mea apries.../... Ave maria gracia plena dominus tecum"; opening verses for Matins of the Hours of the Virgin.
Written in NW France (likely for the Use of Arras or Paris) in the early 15th century. Possibly identical with the Book of Hours sold at Sotheby's London on 20 December 1948, lot 415. "The Property of a Gentleman." Dismembered by Otto or Louise Ege in the late 1940s, leaves used as no. 45 in Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, of which 40 were produced and 31 are known.
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12/29/2022
12/29/2022
Book of Hours
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1400 – 1425 CE · France · 185 x 130 (90 x 64)F-dl5v
New Haven, CT, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 3), no. 45
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Book of Hours (Fragment),
New Haven, CT, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 3), no. 45
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Book of Hours – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1400 – 1425 CE · France · 185 x 130 (90 x 64)F-dl5v
New Haven, CT, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 3), no. 45
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12/29/2022
Century
- 15th century
Text Language
- Latin
Script Type
- Northern Textualis
Illuminated
- Yes
Liturgica
- Book of hours
Decoration
- Figurative
- Gold and/or Silver
- Text Block
Ege, Otto F.
- Role: Fragmentator
- Authority Source: VIAF
- Biographical data: 1888-1951
Book of Hours Matins, Hours of the Virgin, opening verses
F-dl5v
New Haven, CT, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 3), no. 45
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