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Title Book of hours, use of Paris

Creator Catholic Church

Date 1480

Place France

Language French, Latin

Subjects Books of hours, Catholic Church

Description Ms. codex.
Title from printed catalog.
Collation: Parchment, fol. 199 (foliated 1-150, 160-209); 1-2⁶ 3⁸(-8) 4⁸ 5¹⁰(-10) 6-13⁸ 14⁴ 15-21⁸ 22⁸ (-7,8) 23¹² 24⁸(-8) 25-26⁸; plus mark after middle of the quire sometimes present; horizontal and vertical catchwords.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled in violet ink.
Script: Written in gothic textualis quadrata media by at least two scribes; fol. 90r: an instance of change in ink and quite probably of hand.
Decoration: Five half-page illuminations: fol. 29r (the Annunciation, fantastic bird-serpent and duck-mammal in blue and violet acanthus margins on a compartmentalized gold, red, and brown ground); fol. 86r (David in prayer, a harp at his side, a fantastic mammal in a similar border on a compartmentalized clear and gold ground
Origin: Written in France, possibly in Orléans (see calendar and litany), in about 1480; style of miniatures suggests influence of Tours.

Extent 199 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 123 x 85 (70 x 42) mm

Format Devotional literature, Illuminated manuscripts, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, Texts--Early works to 1800, Textura (Gothic script)

Archival Collection Title Henry Probasco Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Case MS 41

BibID 870223

Size 6229px × 7516px 133.99 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

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Unique Identifier NL122MNY

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