Book of Hours (Litanies) (fragment).

Description

Title: Book of Hours (Litanies) (fragment).
Published / Created: [14--].
Publication Place: Northern France or Low Countries
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a book of hours (litanies) including a litany that includes the following saints: Gereon and companions, Cosmas, Damian, Fabian, Sebastian, Gervase, Protase, Crispin, Crispinian, Chrysogonus, Leodegarus, Lambert, Christopher, Thomas, Demetrius, Blaise, Livinus, Firminus, Silvester, Gregory, Leo, Hilary, Martin, Nicholas, Augustine, and Ambrose
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in gothic script (littera fere bastarda).
Decoration: each line begins with a 1-line initial "S" in gold on alternating grounds of red and blue; the names of the saints are written on the same line as "Or[a pros nobis]" but are separated from it by line fillers or alternating bands of red and blue decoraed with gold penwork; there is no punctuation.
Provenance: Gift of Henrietta C. Bartlett in 1954.
Extent: ff. 1 : 130 x 93 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Prayers and devotions
Books of hours
Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Netherlands 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Belgium 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Books of hours
Subjects: Catholic Church > Prayers and devotions
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Books of hours
France > 15th century
Netherlands > 15th century
Belgium > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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