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Book of Hours – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1401 – 1500 CE · FranceF-jgtn
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 957
Language
Latin
Latin
Reconstruction Summary
Written, probably in France, in a gothic book hand in black ink in long lines, initials and bar ornaments in gold and colors, with foliate part-borders.
A single leaf containing the hymn "Quem terra ponthus ethera colunt" (CAO 8375), followed by (on the verso) the beginning of Psalm 8, the first of the psalms to be said on Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays.
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08/14/2023
Book of Hours
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1401 – 1500 CE · FranceF-jgtn
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 957
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Book of Hours (Fragment),
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 957
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Book of Hours – Fragment
Parchment · 1 leaf · 1401 – 1500 CE · FranceF-jgtn
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Houghton Library, MS Typ 957
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Online Since
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08/14/2023
Century
- 15th century
Text Language
- Latin
Script Type
- Northern Textualis
Illuminated
- Yes
Liturgica
- Book of hours
Decoration
- Brush
- Other colour
- Gold and/or Silver
- Initial
- Line Fillers
- Margin
- Ornamental
- Red
France
- Role: Not Specified
- Authority Source: Library of Congress
