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Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 fragment · 1400 – 1450 CE · France · 208 x 156 mm

F-lp4o

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms 16
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

Provenance: The Library acquired this leaf in 1966 from the estate of Sydney photographer and avid bibliophile Colin B. Berckelman. Prior ownership not known.

Contents: The text opens at Terce, the Office of the Holy Spirit, and breaks off at the rubric for Sext, the Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Decoration: Three 2-line initials and six versal capitals in burnished gold, ovals alternately pink or blue with white tracery on grounds alternately blue or pink or a combination of the two colours. Matching bar line fillers. Versals heightened with pale tint. Red rubrics.

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Online Since
09/20/2020

Book of Hours

Parchment · 1 fragment · 1400 – 1450 CE · France · 208 x 156 mm

F-lp4o

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms 16

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Book of Hours (Fragment), Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms 16 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-lp4o)

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Online Since
09/20/2020

Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 fragment · 1400 – 1450 CE · France · 208 x 156 mm

F-lp4o

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms 16

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Contact E-Mail
rarebook.library@sydney.edu.au
Online Since
09/20/2020
Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Gothic Script (generic)
Illuminated
  • Yes
Liturgica
  • Book of hours
Decoration
  • Other colour
  • Gold and/or Silver
  • Initial
  • Line Fillers
  • Ornamental
  • Red
Berckelman, Colin B
  • Role: Previous Owner
  • Authority Source: VIAF
  • Biographical data: 1907-1965

Book of Hours Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis

F-lp4o

Sydney, The University of Sydney Library, Rare Books and Special Collections, Add. Ms 16
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