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Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours" – Fragment

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

F-pq8o

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-3498

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Language
Latin

Reconstruction Summary

...[do]mo david et nomn virginis maria./...et quod nascetur ex te san[ctum]... part of the Gospel of Luke, 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: An angel dressed in white with golden wings stands next to the Virgin Mary Verso: an angel dressed in red with yellow wings stands behind Mary who is looking upwards. This leaf offered by Charles Puckett Rare Books, stock number IM-3498, current location unknown.

(Nico Griner)

Scholarly description(s)

Simmons School of Library and Information Science LIS 464 (Fall 2025) observations
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Online Since
12/08/2025

Book of Hours (Use of Paris), "The St. Alexis Hours"

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

F-pq8o

Unknown, Current Location Unknown, Charles Puckett Rare Books IM-3498

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Online Since
12/08/2025