Book of hours (fragment).

Description

Title: Book of hours (fragment).
Alternative Title: Book of hours
Creator: Catholic Church
Published / Created: approximately 1400.
Publication Place: France
Abstract: Manuscript fragment, on parchment, decorated, from a book of hours, containing text possibly from the Hours of the Virgin Mary
Description: In Latin.
Script: gothica textura.
Decoration: rubricated. Recto contains two two-line decorated initials and a spiky floral border. Verso contains one small decorated initial.
Contemporary annotation (textural addition?) in margin of verso, partially effaced.
Provenance: Donated by Pat Lambert, 1989.
Extent: 1 leaf : 158 mm x 101 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Books of hours
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Books of hours
Subjects: Catholic Church
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Books of hours > Early works to 1800
France > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Book of Hours (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.