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Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1400 – 1425 CE · France (Northwest) · 185 x 130 mm (90 x 64mm)

F-y6cg

Cincinnati, OH, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 9), no. 45
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Language
Latin
Reconstruction Summary

...celos tous op[er]a.../...eius oues et boves m ... : Hours of the Virgin at Matins: Psalm 8.2 - the middle of 8.8.

Written in NW France (likely for the Use of Arras or Paris) in the early 15th century. Possibly identical with the Book of Hours sold at Sotheby's London on 20 December 1948, lot 415. "The Property of a Gentleman." Dismembered by Otto or Louise Ege in the late 1940s, leaves used as no. 45 in Ege's "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts" portfolios, of which 40 were produced and 31 are known. Leaf resides with the Cincinnati Public Library as part of their "Fifty Original Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts, Western Europe, XII - XVI Century."

Record by Morgan Jackson-Flowers

(Morgan Jackson-Flowers)
Scholarly description(s)
  • LIS 464 Fall 2022 Observations
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Online Since
12/28/2022

Book of Hours

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1400 – 1425 CE · France (Northwest) · 185 x 130 mm (90 x 64mm)

F-y6cg

Cincinnati, OH, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 9), no. 45

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Book of Hours (Fragment), Cincinnati, OH, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 9), no. 45 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-y6cg)

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Online Since
12/28/2022

Book of Hours – Fragment

Parchment · 1 leaf · 1400 – 1425 CE · France (Northwest) · 185 x 130 mm (90 x 64mm)

F-y6cg

Cincinnati, OH, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 9), no. 45

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Online Since
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Century
  • 15th century
Text Language
  • Latin
Script Type
  • Gothic Script (generic)
Liturgica
  • Book of hours
Decoration
  • Other colour
  • Gold and/or Silver
  • Initial
  • Line Fillers
  • Margin
  • Ornamental
  • Red
Ege, Otto F.
  • Role: Fragmentator
  • Authority Source: VIAF
  • Biographical data: 1888-1951
France
  • Role: Not Specified
  • Authority Source: Library of Congress

Book of Hours Hours of the Virgin: Matins

F-y6cg

Cincinnati, OH, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 9), no. 45
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  • 45rectopsalm8
  • 45versopsalm8
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  • Description
Book of Hours, Cincinnati, OH, The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Fifty Original Leaves of Medieval Manuscripts (Set 9), no. 45
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