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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-dmxv

Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.232

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Language
Latin

Reconstruction Summary

…nuum tuarum et consilium impiorum.../...Nonne sicut lac mulasti…

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: the bride alone in bed, captioned "lespousee." There is also an historiated initial M of "Manus tue domine" showing two heads (the squire and his bride?). Verso: a man on his knees in prayer at the foot of a bed, captioned " Alexis," with his bride waiting for him, captioned "femme." This leaf is housed in an oversize folder.

(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-dmxv

Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Public Library, MS pb Med.232

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