Fragmentarium

Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 Leaf · 1470 – 1480 CE · France (Northern) · 164 x 115 mm

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Denison, Ohio, Denison University, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 30), no. 50

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Language
Latin

Reconstruction Summary

Office of the Dead, Lauds

Incipit/Explict: Illuminare hiis qui in.../...redimet Israel ex omnibus (Leaf starts at the end of Luke 1, has excerpts of Psalms 111 and 26, and ends with the start of Psalms 129.)

Leaves used as no. 50 in the Otto Ege portfolio "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts.

Evidence of later use and wear: ink smudges in decoration on recto, faded ink, particularly on recto, and circular stains on recto that could be water damage or a blemish on the animal skin.

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